📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?

📝Steps to Apply

• Download the application form for your business type.

• Complete and sign the form.
• Return the form by mail or e-mail to the address included on the form.

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🌐Application Portal

https://tourismns.ca/eligibility-and-listing-requirements

📤Submission Method

email

🔄Intake Type

rolling

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📄What Documents Are Required?

✅Required Documents

• Application form

• Occupancy reports (for accommodations)
• Proof of liability insurance

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📎Optional Documents

• Video (must be uploaded to YouTube)
• Links to business website and social media channels
• Images of the business

📐Format Requirements

PDF only, max 10MB

📥Templates Available

• Application form

✉️Supporting Letters

None required

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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?

🧾Eligible Expenses

• Marketing activities

• Promotional materials
• Travel expenses related to trade shows

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🚫Ineligible Expenses

• Costs related to cannabis promotion
• Non-compliance with laws and regulations
• Permanent attractions/exhibitions
• Community-targeted activities

📏Expense Caps

Marketing costs capped at 20% of total funding

💳Payment Model

reimbursement

⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible

No

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🤝Is Matching Funding Required?

📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?

🗓️Reporting Frequency

monthly

📑Reporting Requirements

• monthly occupancy data

🔍Audit Requirements

Tourism Nova Scotia reserves the right to remove/reject submitted listings for any reason deemed fit.

📢Branding Requirements

must include a link to your ratings on a peer review site

🗄️Record Retention Period

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