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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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/
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Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
+ {  H% h: a2 c3 l; ~! w" z! h* Y" GKyle Morris
, I7 p! \. x2 K+ l, O4 E2 LPosted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
% O  A0 i4 \& 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.

* Q: H& v9 l2 _, q& }2 j7 V9 I“$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.”

. |  [' |0 x$ A$ q+ ~+ {. c  ?( ZChwin 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.

3 O& V9 I, ]2 L' f% }* _' T9 q( M“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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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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+ b* p6 z6 v3 m& O6 Y- GChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.

VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades.

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