Editing Bas-Saint-Laurent (section)

=== Tertiary sector ===
The tertiary sector of Bas-Saint-Laurent today comprises the majority of the employed population everywhere in the region, but the four main cities of the region, [[Rimouski]], [[Rivière-du-Loup]], [[La Pocatière]] and [[Matane]], hold the majority of the employment in the sector, and all the regional institutions and infrastructure are mostly located there.

==== Tourism industry ====
The administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent is divided into two areas of tourism administration and promotion. The six western RCM form the touristic region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, while the RCMs of Matane and La Matapédia are part of the touristic region of the Gaspé Peninsula.

Tourism is an important source of seasonal employment in the region, which possesses a few important tourist attraction sites.
* [[Jardins de Métis]]
* [[Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père]]
* [[Pointe-au-Père National Wildlife Area]]
* [[Lac-Témiscouata National Park]]
* [[Bic National Park]]

==== Transportation ====
Most of Bas-Saint-Laurent's car traffic transits through three highways: the [[Quebec Autoroute 20|Autoroute 20]], which goes throughout the region west of [[Mont-Joli]], with the exception of a section between [[L'Isle-Verte, Quebec|L'Isle-Verte]] and [[Le Bic, Quebec|Le Bic]], [[Quebec Autoroute 85|Autoroute 85]] and [[Quebec Route 185|Route 185]] passing through Témiscouata by the north-west of [[New Brunswick]] as well as the [[Quebec Route 132|Route 132]], which surrounds Gaspé Peninsula east of [[Sainte-Flavie, Quebec|Sainte-Flavie]]. A fourth important road links [[Matane]] and [[Amqui]] by following the [[Matane River]].{{sfn|MTQ|2004|p=24}}

Two road projects are being carried out.

The road-work has been ongoing since 2002 with the goal of turning Route 185 into a motorway. The first phase of the project was part of a program aiming to improve road safety and was completed in 2011. The second phase should lengthen the motorway by {{convert|33|km|abbr=on}} and should be concluded between the fall of 2013 and 2015. The last phase of the road-work linking [[Saint-Antonin, Quebec|Saint-Antonin]] to [[Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!]] with a length of {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} being worked on was authorized by the government in 2011. The third phase is expected by the [[Ministry of Transportation of Quebec|Ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et de l'Électrification des Transports du Québec]] to be completed by 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Autoroute Claude-Béchard (85) – Réaménagement de la route 185 en autoroute |url=https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/projets-infrastructures/projets/reseau-routier/projets-routiers/BSL-Gaspesie-IDLM/autoroute-85-claude-bechard/Pages/autoroute-85-claude-bechard.aspx |website=Ministère des Transports du Québec |publisher=[[Government of Quebec]] |access-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025603/https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/projets-infrastructures/projets/reseau-routier/projets-routiers/BSL-Gaspesie-IDLM/autoroute-85-claude-bechard/Pages/autoroute-85-claude-bechard.aspx |archive-date=25 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>