Visiting one of Canada’s national parks could soon cost a little more.
“Now as we’re seeing the tourism industry begin to grow again, as a regular practice, we used to see our fees go up, and we’re back out consulting on that very same thing,” says Campbell.
The price hike proposal is open for public consultation until the middle of next month and Parliament would need to approve any increase to fees.
“We don’t see that the prices will be in effect until the June or July time frame, so up until then, people will be enjoying it at the 2008 prices,” explains Campbell.
Parks Canada says
they’re considering a two per cent fee hike to camp in each of the
country’s 42 parks and 167 national historic sites.
Andrew Campbell with Parks Canada says the government has had a fee freeze in
place for the last five years to help the tourism industry.“Now as we’re seeing the tourism industry begin to grow again, as a regular practice, we used to see our fees go up, and we’re back out consulting on that very same thing,” says Campbell.
The price hike proposal is open for public consultation until the middle of next month and Parliament would need to approve any increase to fees.
“We don’t see that the prices will be in effect until the June or July time frame, so up until then, people will be enjoying it at the 2008 prices,” explains Campbell.
Good news .The higher the park fees ,the more people will come to Tofino's wonderful beaches.
ReplyDeletegive me abreak...when will it ever end? over paid employees, no fires on the beach...b.s. lower fees and fire fat cat exes who dont do anything except dream up stupid pet projects like tearing up the dunes. give us our parks back please
ReplyDeleteA 2% camping fee increase on the current rate of $23.50 is 47 cents a night.
ReplyDeleteLet's just pray the campers don't catch wind of this or Tofino is going to be a ghost town this summer!
Yah 47 cents is going to scare them away.
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