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1 S3 d; g" F* q6 `, O$ aFree national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday; @# H5 y9 W6 I! p/ F4 ~: x
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/4 i% V, b1 z. y, c4 W
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7 a1 ~, e: s4 A9 T3 \Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
2 f, [; G0 N2 }4 K# S% Y) p! JKyle Morris
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8 _6 z" m2 W6 w/ H9 ]! hThe Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.( P; Z3 H' T1 H5 k. N4 c5 V
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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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& F4 i& g; {0 \% t3 P“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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$ s# S7 r1 [( G8 g: G2 NChwin 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. N1 x* U8 u# q
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“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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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.) d: L8 U7 _* r9 G: W% o, M# d* [ {
) ?) G. s+ H# ?8 pChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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& u- k5 w* u7 z q2 j9 UVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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