To offer tourist accommodation in Northern Ireland, you must have a certificate from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) – NITB refers to this as certification.  It is illegal to offer tourist accommodation in Northern Ireland without a certificate from NITB.  If you are not yet certified by NITB and wish to offer tourist accommodation, please visit our start up guide section or contact the Quality & Standards (Q&S) department on 02890441545.

 Once certified you may wish to consider having your premises quality assessed with a view to obtaining a star rating.  It is not a legal requirement to do so, but research has shown that consumers value the star ratings provided by national tourist boards.  If you have not yet applied to be quality assessed and would like to find out more about this, please visit our quality grading scheme section or contact the Quality & Standards (Q&S) department on 02890441553.