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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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" G5 W1 h6 s. e5 `" O3 ~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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3 b4 U R4 F' {" @0 IRoyce 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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”) u' {7 N" ^3 J$ O) ?& o' ^
9 U# f7 W+ z! _5 VChwin 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.4 Q+ o0 z5 e$ r# s8 T k
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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.% u7 U6 O& }# m2 f6 q _9 m" h
3 Z: N/ ?: ~/ P( l5 o, r3 oChwin 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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