Editing Alberta (section)

==== Tourism ====
{{Main|Tourism in Alberta}}
[[File:Three Sisters - panoramio (7).jpg|alt=|left|thumb|[[The Three Sisters (Alberta)|The Three Sisters]] at [[Bow Valley Provincial Park]] in [[Canmore, Alberta|Canmore]]]]
Alberta has been a tourist destination from the early days of the 20th century, with attractions including outdoor locales for skiing, hiking, and camping, shopping locales such as [[West Edmonton Mall]], [[Calgary Stampede]], outdoor festivals, professional athletic events, international sporting competitions such as the [[Commonwealth Games]] and Olympic Games, as well as more eclectic attractions. According to Alberta Economic Development, Calgary and Edmonton both host over four million visitors annually. [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]], [[Jasper, Alberta|Jasper]] and the [[Canadian Rockies|Rocky Mountains]] are visited by about three million people per year.<ref name="Geography & Climate:Encourage Canadian Immigration">{{cite web |url=http://www.akcanada.com/lic_alberta.cfm |title=Living in Canada : Alberta |publisher=AKCanada |access-date=November 8, 2009 |archive-date=January 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126123053/http://akcanada.com/lic_alberta.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> Alberta tourism relies heavily on [[Southern Ontario]] tourists, as well as tourists from other parts of Canada, the United States, and many other countries.

There are also natural attractions like [[Elk Island National Park]], [[Wood Buffalo National Park]], and the [[Columbia Icefield]]. [[Alberta's Rockies]] include well-known tourist destinations [[Banff National Park]] and [[Jasper National Park]]. The two mountain parks are connected by the scenic [[Icefields Parkway]]. Banff is located {{cvt|128|km}} west of Calgary on [[Alberta Highway 1|Highway&nbsp;1]], and Jasper is located {{cvt|366|km}} west of Edmonton on the [[Yellowhead Highway]]. Five of Canada's fourteen [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]s are located within the province: [[Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site|Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks]], [[Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park]], Wood Buffalo National Park, [[Dinosaur Provincial Park]] and [[Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump]]. A number of these areas hold ski resorts, most notably [[Banff Sunshine]], [[Lake Louise Ski Resort|Lake Louise]], [[Marmot Basin]], [[Mt Norquay|Norquay]] and [[Nakiska]].
[[File:Bronco stampede01c.jpg|thumb|Bronco riding at the [[Calgary Stampede]]. The event is one of the world's largest [[rodeo]]s.]]
About 1.2&nbsp;million people visit the Calgary Stampede,<ref name="Landmark Stampede Dates">{{cite web |url=http://corporate.calgarystampede.com/about/stampede-history/ |title=History of the Stampede |publisher=Calgary Stampede |access-date=May 19, 2016 |archive-date=May 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520050414/http://corporate.calgarystampede.com/about/stampede-history |url-status=live }}</ref> a celebration of Canada's own Wild West and the cattle ranching industry. About 700,000 people enjoy Edmonton's [[K-Days]] (formerly Klondike Days and Capital EX).<ref name=KDays>{{cite news |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/festivals/Capital+named+Days/7002873/story.html |title=Capital Ex to be named K-Days (Poll) |author=Manisha Krishnan |newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] |publisher=[[Postmedia Network]] |date=July 29, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731233950/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/festivals/Capital%2Bnamed%2BDays/7002873/story.html |archive-date=July 31, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://k-days.com/info/ |title=K-Days Edmonton |publisher=Northlands |access-date=May 19, 2016 |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624172114/http://k-days.com/info/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Edmonton was the gateway to the only all-Canadian route to the [[Yukon]] [[Gold mining|gold field]]s, and the only route which did not require gold-seekers to travel the exhausting and dangerous [[Chilkoot Pass]].

Another tourist destination that draws more than 650,000 visitors each year is the Drumheller Valley, located northeast of Calgary. [[Drumheller]], known as the "Dinosaur Capital of The World", offers the [[Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology]]. Drumheller also had a rich mining history being one of Western Canada's largest coal producers during the war years. Another attraction in east-central Alberta is [[Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions]], a popular tourist attraction operated out of [[Stettler, Alberta|Stettler]], that offers train excursions into the prairie and caters to tens of thousands of visitors every year.