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本帖最后由 Zhujiaolian 于 2016-4-6 09:00 编辑 ; a0 l: y7 D; d2 a: b2 d
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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday) b% Y0 J% v; z4 o7 ]: G
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/8 [! O a8 i' |: Y9 E
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* Z2 f7 f/ s2 O/ V, Q l2 ? oKyle Morris
! |1 g. H6 l: t! l9 M _Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am0 Y8 A' z# y! {6 b8 B
The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.( B$ \/ R! ]7 Q/ f% }( B ~& R+ D
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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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“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”. n4 _) X/ M8 O
9 r. v$ v" |, Y# R: E4 K" wChwin 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.# s! c! X9 G% X% M( t2 D3 }
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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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) [2 ]5 Z6 C- m3 f. r B: [8 VIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.2 E- q) C: N: P" J
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Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.' J0 ]/ q. n, t# b" Y- f: b: z
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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