{"id":32272,"date":"2023-04-24T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/?p=32272"},"modified":"2023-04-25T11:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:54:17","slug":"bas-saint-laurent-looking-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/bas-saint-laurent-looking-to-the-future","title":{"rendered":"Bas-Saint-Laurent looking to the future"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"32272\" class=\"elementor elementor-32272\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45c7109 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45c7109\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49d8a19c\" data-id=\"49d8a19c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f402c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"5f402c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"CONSOMMATEUR\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bd4e89a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bd4e89a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">There\u2019s action in Bas-Saint-Laurent!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7181b70e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7181b70e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Known as the \u201c<strong>World good life reserve<\/strong>,\u201d Bas-Saint-Laurent shines for its unique nature. A flagship of local tourism, nature is also one of the region\u2019s biggest industrial drivers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-645a7ccf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"645a7ccf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Overview of the Bas-Saint-Laurent economy<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d87b68a elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"d87b68a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:1,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Overview-of-the-Bas-Saint-Laurent-economy-2.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"d87b68a\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Overview of the Bas-Saint-Laurent economy\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzIzNjcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9xdWViZWNvcmV4cGVydGlzZW1lZGlhLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDRcL092ZXJ2aWV3LW9mLXRoZS1CYXMtU2FpbnQtTGF1cmVudC1lY29ub215LTIucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZDg3YjY4YSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Overview-of-the-Bas-Saint-Laurent-economy-2.png\" data-width=\"1700\" data-height=\"844\" aria-label=\"Overview of the Bas-Saint-Laurent economy\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21beeda7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21beeda7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Source: Institut de la statistique du Qu\u00e9bec, 2019 data \/ * list not exhaustive<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64273380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64273380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The economy in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region is focused on the exploitation and transformation of natural resources. In fact, employment in the <strong>primary sector<\/strong> is nearly <strong>3 times higher<\/strong> than in Quebec as a whole.<\/p><p>This reality does not prevent Rimouski and Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup from ranking among the<strong> most entrepreneurial communities<\/strong> in Canada. The region\u2019s strategic visions include becoming an <strong>international hub of blue economy<\/strong>, an objective supported by the <strong>Novarium project<\/strong>, which offers an incubation program for marine biotechnology, data intelligence, and maritime engineering businesses.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a1f4648 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a1f4648\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Large-scale, innovative businesses<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32e6dfb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"32e6dfb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:1,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item\" href=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Large-scale-innovative-businesses-2.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"32e6dfb4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Large-scale, innovative businesses\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzIzNjksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9xdWViZWNvcmV4cGVydGlzZW1lZGlhLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDRcL0xhcmdlLXNjYWxlLWlubm92YXRpdmUtYnVzaW5lc3Nlcy0yLnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjMyZTZkZmI0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Large-scale-innovative-businesses-2.png\" data-width=\"1700\" data-height=\"843\" aria-label=\"Large-scale, innovative businesses\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b8253b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41b8253b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Source: <\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">TVA Nouvelles, Cinq entreprises du KRTB parmi les plus grandes du Qu\u00e9bec<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">, June 2022<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-689d4fc7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"689d4fc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64077dee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64077dee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Demographic revitalization under way<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0fdf17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0fdf17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After two decades marked by youth exodus, the trend seems to be changing. In\u00a02020-2021, when many Quebecers were leaving urban centres, <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1853982\/bas-saint-laurent-population-demographie-jeunes-pandemie-demenagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bas-Saint-Laurent experienced the <strong>best migratory record in 20\u00a0years<\/strong><\/a>. A breath of fresh air, helping to compensate for the constant labour shortages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-576dca05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"576dca05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:1,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item\" href=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bas-Saint-Laurent-3.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"576dca05\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Bas-Saint-Laurent\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzIzNzEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9xdWViZWNvcmV4cGVydGlzZW1lZGlhLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDRcL0Jhcy1TYWludC1MYXVyZW50LTMucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNTc2ZGNhMDUifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bas-Saint-Laurent-3.png\" data-width=\"1700\" data-height=\"291\" aria-label=\"Bas-Saint-Laurent\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d23ede elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27d23ede\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Source: Radio Canada,<\/span> <span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Les jeunes, une denr\u00e9e rare au Bas-Saint-Laurent<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">, February 2022<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b34823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78b34823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">A migratory swing to be developed<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-272ce344 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"272ce344\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:1,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item\" href=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/A-migratory-swing-to-be-developed-2.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"272ce344\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"A migratory swing to be developed\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzIzNzMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9xdWViZWNvcmV4cGVydGlzZW1lZGlhLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDRcL0EtbWlncmF0b3J5LXN3aW5nLXRvLWJlLWRldmVsb3BlZC0yLnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjI3MmNlMzQ0In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/A-migratory-swing-to-be-developed-2.png\" data-width=\"1700\" data-height=\"808\" aria-label=\"A migratory swing to be developed\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cff357d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cff357d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Sources: Radio Canada,<\/span> <span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Les jeunes, une denr\u00e9e rare au Bas-Saint-Laurent<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">, February 2022, and <\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Rimouski a d\u00e9pass\u00e9 en 2023 le seuil des 50 000 habitants<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">, January 2023, and <\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Augmentation du nombre de personnes immigrantes dans l\u2019Est-du-Qu\u00e9bec,<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\"> October 2022<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65053d3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"65053d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38215d0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38215d0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Upswing in touristic attractiveness<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ccb8a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ccb8a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bas-Saint-Laurent is now a destination in its own right. In 2022, the territory was named Quebecers\u2019 <strong>5<sup>th<\/sup> favourite tourist destination<\/strong>, ahead of the Eastern Townships. This translated into higher occupancy rates than before the pandemic and longer stays.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f13a54c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f13a54c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">2030 objective: to become a year-round destination<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39dd42b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"39dd42b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:1,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item\" href=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/to-become-a-year-round-destination.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"39dd42b3\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"2030 objective: to become a year-round destination\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzIzNzUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9xdWViZWNvcmV4cGVydGlzZW1lZGlhLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDRcL3RvLWJlY29tZS1hLXllYXItcm91bmQtZGVzdGluYXRpb24ucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzlkZDQyYjMifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/to-become-a-year-round-destination.png\" data-width=\"1700\" data-height=\"518\" aria-label=\"2030 objective: to become a year-round destination\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de6221 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6de6221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Source: Le Soleil, <\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\">Qu\u00e9bec octroie 6,2 M$ pour d\u00e9velopper le tourisme au Bas-Saint-Laurent,<\/span><span class=\"S1PPyQ\"> April 2023<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-185f6309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"185f6309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Additional sources: Radio-Canada, <em>Le Bas-Saint-Laurent, destination touristique de choix en 2022 pour les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, <\/em>October 2022 \/ FCEI<em>, Classement des collectivit\u00e9s entrepreneuriales au Canada : le Qu\u00e9bec bien repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 avec la moiti\u00e9 du top 10<\/em>, April 2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s action in Bas-Saint-Laurent! Known as the \u201cWorld good life reserve,\u201d Bas-Saint-Laurent shines for its unique nature. A flagship of local tourism, nature is also one of the region\u2019s biggest industrial drivers. Overview of the Bas-Saint-Laurent economy Source: Institut de la statistique du Qu\u00e9bec, 2019 data \/ * list not exhaustive The economy in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-trends"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quebecorexpertisemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}