Press Turnover in accommodation and food service activities in August 2017 in real terms: +0.9% to August 2016

Press release No. 371 of 18 October 2017

WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), turnover in the German accommodation and food service activities in August 2017 increased by 0.9% in real terms and by 3.2% in nominal terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.

Compared with the same period in the previous year, turnover in the German accommodation and food service activities increased by 1.5% in real terms and by 3.5% in nominal terms in the first eight months of 2017.

After adjustment for calendar and seasonal effects (Census X-12-ARIMA) the turnover in August 2017 was in real terms 0.7% and in nominal terms 0.4% smaller than that in the previous month.

Time series are available in table Turnover from accommodation and food services (45213-0005) in the GENESIS-Online database.

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