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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880. ^& x) ^5 M- A# }; w
Kyle Morris7 X# F0 D! R' g9 O0 E
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am( v8 X! y$ F* T9 O9 t' H F0 l
The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.9 |: X: D! l2 R" U
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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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”# h" s+ M3 D! ^+ I' _
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Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.$ i( g L( v8 Y0 Y
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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.”+ j6 r; W; o5 c/ J0 h
W) s$ ]: w* ~In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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4 |! k8 [5 L s* AChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.3 b) ~1 ]4 s- k A: X# }
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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