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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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Kyle Morris
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, D( \5 L7 ]+ H `' q7 s8 {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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Royce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.# m' f Q5 P: ]7 R4 L
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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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”( Y$ k! l! x" X9 U1 K
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Chwin 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." g: A5 B: z/ l% g% y; o
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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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; l( P4 {( a; `In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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. B2 s& n' l; {( [VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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