联邦预算确认庆祝建国150周年，2017年国家公园免费游

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* {( V! s( I/ g* DFree national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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# _0 s! X# Z& e7 ^# FEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880
Kyle Morris
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
+ q2 H8 a: B2 h6 BThe Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.
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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.”

+ L7 }" `3 a  c3 {! t+ FChwin 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.

% B% g' ?3 e( M' u“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.”

' P; T& P# ?" |1 K' JIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.

VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades.

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