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2 {# ?3 O4 C7 E$ U+ BFree national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday5 X" e9 G$ t1 Z* p2 w1 O
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/3 {$ y6 l- h6 P# p t2 b6 f
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Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
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Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am6 x$ _1 {9 O* Y- \
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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+ G. a+ `! ]' m“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.% [ p$ W. _, K1 K6 C# o
+ V% o4 {9 C- O“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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. C: s4 ~% R8 N" { J; S. mIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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& O1 U" r& I" o9 Y/ D8 \Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.) L+ U7 x/ P) G% o# F
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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