Press Turnover in accommodation and food service activities in October 2017 in real terms: –0.5% to October 2016

Press release No. 461 of 18 December 2017

WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), turnover in the German accommodation and food service activities in October 2017 decreased by 0.5% in real terms and increased by 1.6% 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 1.0% in real terms and by 3.0% in nominal terms in the first ten months of 2017.

After adjustment for calendar and seasonal effects (Census X-12-ARIMA) the turnover in October 2017 was in real terms 1.0% and in nominal terms 0.9% 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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