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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: P1 q( h% j1 O& Q2 wFree national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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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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Royce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.

: X0 ~; G3 \6 Y1 _1 ~6 C' C“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.
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& h3 h- t4 ]7 j" D“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”
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! i$ v* b8 O+ j& P/ {8 ?In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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/ p$ t* B7 o# O+ W) _, ?* m* DChwin 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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