A commercial use authorization (CUA) allows you to conduct commercial activities and provide specific visitor services within a national park unit. The National Park Service (NPS) issues CUAs to manage a wide-range of commercial visitor services. Depending on the park, a CUA can allow:
- guided mountaineering or backpacking;
- bike tours;
- kayak trips;
- photography workshops;
- scuba diving classes;
- fishing trips; etc.
A CUA is required if you provide any goods, activities, services, agreements, or other function for park visitors that:
- take place at least in part on lands managed by the NPS,
- use park resources, and
- result in compensation, monetary gain, benefit, or profit to you.
The links below include information to get you started if you want to apply for a CUA and tools to help current CUA holders.
Public Health Information for Park Partners
Click above to access the latest public health information related to commercial use authorization operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
