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本帖最后由 Zhujiaolian 于 2016-4-6 09:00 编辑 7 X8 x3 g8 m- e5 L) L
+ ?1 u$ @. X" o& v* e, jFree national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday4 i, q, t! k! A2 Q% R8 \
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/0 i9 N6 r) f/ |# U
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Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
$ k1 s7 m1 A% G; t1 UKyle Morris _9 Q1 _ l& `3 @6 k+ d% q
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
6 K! O3 r5 E: f: d! R/ [The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.# a2 g) q$ J, c+ z
: `- H+ k3 G4 h5 iRoyce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.. R- D; H& S6 Y. `3 D
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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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”; a2 d6 u8 f b; ?: r1 A
3 E: Y( f4 ^" IChwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.
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+ j. v, {; J0 s9 z“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”7 O/ v1 {& @( Y
, {$ L" q% g9 C% a+ P! t' ^In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.4 c. N& P% O/ K q2 T! N) ]; F
$ i! X3 v5 _9 h9 g7 P+ cChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.6 @. ?. E( g# \) \$ z$ l- u8 ~
+ y! p8 d# `+ C9 TVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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