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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday& c) h8 K( c8 a$ i1 C+ r* H, ?, p& c7 o
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/% e# I# K9 r/ c: @5 g {8 `
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0 |. V0 @- p$ D3 D0 Z2 c! }Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
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Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
0 M2 ?# m$ K% q' |! C; G* Y2 h6 LThe 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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5 u6 O' I r% ]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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. ?" h: T3 T, l" A+ g9 @" K5 f2 T“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”5 H( |# k6 D& N' f- i. J8 \ l, Y
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Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.5 X2 [4 t! ]8 o: G- q, \9 b) L
' Z2 o$ j# I6 W+ G+ t/ V“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.” z. S7 d5 o! C7 r) s
" j+ {* l: z" p; N/ L* d) p8 s; TIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.0 d& K! P: L2 z9 m
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Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.+ `# y2 T& b/ X! J9 y7 V C# o1 T
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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