You will need this approval to establish an accommodation business, being either shared facilities accommodation or short-term / tourist accommodation.
Shared facility accommodation refers to backpacker hostels, lodges and the like where guests share one or more of the following facilities:
- dormitories or bedrooms
- toilets
- bathrooms, showers or other bathing facilities
- laundries
- dining facilities
- cooking facilities
- recreation facilities.
Short-term / tourist accommodation allows guests to stay for less than a specified period of time, which can change depending on where your business is located. Examples of short-term / tourist accommodation business can include:
- hotels
- motels
- resorts
- motor inns
- bed and breakfasts
- retirement villages or institutions that are not subject to government funding programs.