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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
6 w6 e/ e& A6 q# W# _http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/
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Kyle Morris5 s, e9 {# R0 e' k( h& C6 \3 A
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
8 K: W7 v" S& M( m( S9 cThe Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.' h+ ]! g- v7 I6 u- j0 j6 y
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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.4 p/ o* g2 B" ], `1 e
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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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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1 d! @* `$ `6 u" YChwin 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.”' K4 n: x8 G. v$ ~9 d
, m( S5 _% U. P& J# w2 N3 cIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.6 N6 W0 `. V$ s/ [2 K+ M8 J# a
/ q; s: r8 h) AChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.% B- ]4 r* s2 ~- Q j
& M b; x1 ~4 J3 R& b: mVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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