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本帖最后由 Zhujiaolian 于 2016-4-6 09:00 编辑 0 T* p! Q- h& U
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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday: L* r/ W9 y0 x- M0 R( s7 r2 |2 t3 C
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; P E8 X Z/ A# U8 HEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880( T( e' K4 I8 W; _2 A4 S
Kyle Morris
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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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5 q7 Y9 O% S0 S- u3 D8 a“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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: U9 U8 h; c _3 G4 XChwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.' |8 _ h2 N1 U# @
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“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”
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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.& @& x, ?# e. E
# N0 }/ ~% [, B: N7 ]: ]7 v0 K3 rChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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* ~5 j* r$ N+ H+ {+ s. J. @VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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