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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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$ l. m9 A$ x/ f9 ?# t% BKyle 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.1 P2 H3 o" F6 Z9 I. U- L
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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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“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.
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$ u7 S0 }0 C, e' C, H“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.”! b; M* t3 S- D; {( s) z: J
1 ^1 B7 ?0 _! S$ x; OIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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?$ a% w( l2 ^$ t: SChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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