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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am9 ]9 L5 V" [# C8 Y. W& f# b4 O3 E
The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.2 w7 P" ?# l* M- X
" C! v% K. A" m: N& L" @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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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" `* a' k3 }2 l3 g# }% n5 {( O8 BChwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.7 j1 g# @0 O, i
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“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”* G( L) I6 z$ Z! A. m
) ]/ z& I' N5 i6 \In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.% _" _+ O+ I' m. ?& e' U
: x' l& t4 {# G0 w- kChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.* A o5 K7 U0 x' Z: c4 k
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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