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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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
9 w' f- g$ r* u) |1 _- khttp://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/


Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
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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) o9 q& Y, w# SRoyce 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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2 f1 S3 U( k) c+ ~0 H“$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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* K, t3 i* B' m/ h; T- rChwin 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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+ }4 p+ E5 D% u# K( M" @3 I/ \: 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.”
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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.

. I8 B" }( ~0 I9 Q8 a5 xChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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0 _+ u) m: m' G- v+ W& O, ~9 R, ^* JVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades.

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