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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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7 j2 h: H3 q) |) o( @- G3 hEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880- M4 N1 C- o" R+ M! @7 ~
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Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
7 u; B; i# [" U6 \& HThe Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.
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Royce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.
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3 i* W$ ]% V3 D* i- I7 ?“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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^; b# v2 d5 q$ K) i/ UChwin 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.7 r1 i o3 G7 D8 ~+ Z
7 I% b' H2 o6 ] O `' w) `/ e“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.”, G+ {2 q, @' B+ L; ^6 {) j O8 y
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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.3 c; F$ Y8 P1 }/ C8 d- V. }2 w
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Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.! N1 h5 M# m6 ?* z; n+ E/ [
; _3 v( l9 D2 G( ZVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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