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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
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Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
7 a: f9 z9 N' S9 PThe Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.7 |$ U8 F, o8 G2 ]( j% M
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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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% H3 d( Q& B" Z$ r“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”6 z1 C# x9 u$ i; D+ B
# p2 Y/ g }2 C2 xChwin 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.”
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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.6 v1 u' v5 D, M, `4 s
# l6 c- X0 E& I$ Q! FChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.$ H6 M" K4 _& h- M2 [' d& D
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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