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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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2 l2 `( I3 S$ L# UEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880. r0 B1 K9 U% |1 |* D
Kyle Morris2 r. s3 b# S' w3 f( z' j
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
3 a8 m4 f5 [) z$ d# `The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.: p9 y2 ^4 T4 j# O/ Q
& {( Y. q# k4 m4 i& v4 I( zRoyce 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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.
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“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”) s3 y+ z& R$ T; T7 x8 X( e3 [
$ Y$ X# k' u' b; {1 G# TIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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5 i/ z' M2 T) ]: U" IChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.% l7 C3 V6 W) C0 g7 }; E
; g4 b l- P' j# KVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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