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本帖最后由 Zhujiaolian 于 2016-4-6 09:00 编辑 7 r# v* _3 j3 ]( ]$ r; ]- |6 Q, d
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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday1 x; r; Y$ c+ d! ^7 `8 @% z
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/& e6 g- @: j" R. }
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Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
: \+ }, u! e. x! xKyle Morris4 q$ m' `, A+ k2 s4 R( d
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am8 u& S( h* `9 K$ {3 z
The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.. x6 N# Q( D3 n$ f% T
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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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) i3 `" q/ ]7 e1 }5 H8 _& M E“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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) A2 f& K& L. S, y5 DChwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.
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8 c$ K9 d1 m. O L& g- X5 Z“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.”
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7 p: i; s6 x3 t$ f7 VIn 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.. [1 s2 h# X" C: ~! Q$ |& k2 }( G
" [3 g1 N3 P- e/ M7 HVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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