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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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- V E1 A0 X# V- l& qEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880
1 O. d3 ^# m1 V8 D2 BKyle Morris
: Z( o4 I+ C1 w% i& wPosted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
" `+ k) M% r! J% F: oThe 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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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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6 v0 q4 _" {5 e: A6 `+ o/ T“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”# r; W& Q8 F% S& H% e* [
3 F% Q' Y- p& |- m) O2 f# h. sChwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.' U+ [6 b ?9 _
% r$ r$ ^( l" Z+ F( P“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.”1 b t; a$ \1 e
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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.9 @8 C3 p3 y* |3 i1 `; l8 _& a
: z& T/ Z# ?3 E5 X5 S9 z2 SChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.! V- n) [& v; W6 F! z$ w( H: L) b
1 ?2 _" R. c, uVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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