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本帖最后由 Zhujiaolian 于 2016-4-6 09:00 编辑
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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday& |/ f1 } s: J5 p$ k' z" m
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/" D- l* W, j; w- Q7 i! u
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Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am! O) M- d, h* J- I% a
The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.3 G0 v. W$ d! B. h" a! M" r+ q
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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.
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$ w9 ~7 N- D+ X: \( f“$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.”4 W% X H7 w8 o6 t! ]7 N
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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.' a: }: u5 ^( P: |4 m
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Chwin 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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