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http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/$ m/ S7 _+ C1 D" `6 o' I" G
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G" W$ N9 ]) V6 u2 XEdmonton,Alberta / iNews8803 t5 [9 C! q/ G& S/ |+ Y
Kyle Morris6 I* y0 ~( E- x, P6 N" V W% |: h
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am: n* `! O# D C, _1 p# s
The 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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- [7 \0 v n7 z“$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.”' Q/ S) h. X. ?- W( ^! u
0 I3 P( @: n- J; yChwin 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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; W9 k: r' h; M2 U% _“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.”5 `5 c( g% e" }
. p; L! ]7 q; _# K! M! C/ KIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.& v- g: C9 I. O4 i
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Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.# K8 s% N# K u4 U
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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