联邦预算确认庆祝建国150周年，2017年国家公园免费游

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: i' ^' P, y( q: t8 J. m, EFree national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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$ P4 I1 G7 L5 F( d/ zEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880
; f( n+ c  U$ ^3 W6 ]Kyle Morris
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
  }2 P5 A$ [1 U. t' OThe 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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6 v, [. T1 V: n! hRoyce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.

% w9 U3 s& D& D! n, X* l! r' W“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.
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“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”
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& j5 f$ S( E6 _3 O' eIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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" R$ z( N* X5 ^5 aChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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  y, \5 F0 ]1 s6 L! |' EVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades.

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