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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 am5 J! y( g) f, V/ M+ c/ M/ ~) d( [
The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.
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& Z- G% o1 b$ n3 G lRoyce 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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# i9 m8 z1 X$ n0 }“$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.9 d. L( h* i9 E! b
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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.”/ c5 X3 ]( @' o; Y0 t( ~, E( g
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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.5 [6 s( ~" q0 E, K0 @7 g# e
$ D3 q; f' Z2 j- r) y# b; jChwin 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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