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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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5 R1 m1 x' O( e% o+ gEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880
$ w' o$ T8 S6 D- j3 ~* {6 lKyle Morris
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The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.: N* `9 j2 M( \1 Z4 P7 \% Z$ ]4 w
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Royce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.
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“$83.3-million, in terms of free admission for national parks, so that of course will apply here in Banff and Jasper as an example. It also looks like there’s an investment of about $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.
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+ { e& h' w9 c! n C2 K“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”9 X2 I4 A5 X7 a) @
& b& s; z3 g) k$ F+ O6 Z* h4 O$ P9 cIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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0 c+ B! \ c( {5 }5 cChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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