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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
# f9 K. E' s+ jhttp://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/
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8 x' \5 v( X8 h7 J' q4 TEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880( L% H7 I. A+ v3 j" m, N4 z
Kyle Morris
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2 q' i' P' |2 g2 `* @3 GThe Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector./ g5 ]( G" q& A M8 Y2 P3 c6 F
+ X' X% R2 z% L) T( \" MRoyce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.: t$ O' f5 _- K6 E7 a
5 ]* L/ K7 @9 O“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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( a$ t( ?& q0 \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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% W8 F7 u6 V/ M @2 F8 N* j“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.”( q. f' |0 s; r; s! y
2 I; Y+ @0 r% m$ f' VIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.4 w- D9 |( }4 z/ B' k9 d
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Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.8 X2 }$ r! o! p0 C, ]
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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