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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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9 Y/ O5 t! {4 @. LEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880
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6 }/ m, r3 P$ `) gThe Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.' I/ M' C7 w. [3 s2 g: R* s
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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.+ [( j5 T. o& M( y" q- i% r. S
1 d- ]+ _9 ~2 Z( V“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.) j; l- i& r( \3 I2 @' ~* v0 Y' D0 ?
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“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”
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5 p$ _3 P! a8 ?& Q' bIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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( s6 ]9 M; k* tChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.9 A. v5 }0 @/ ]3 ~
, p5 |1 ?0 p, ?5 ^VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades. |
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