Press release No. 439 of 15 November 2019
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), turnover in the German accommodation and food service activities in September 2019 decreased by 2.2% in real terms and increased by 0.2% in nominal terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. In real terms, this is the sharpest decline in turnover since December 2013. However, exceptionally high turnover was achieved in September 2018.
Compared to the same period of the previous year, turnover in the German accommodation and food service activities increased by 0.8% in real terms and by 3.2% in nominal terms in the first nine months of 2019.
After adjustment for calendar and seasonal effects (X13 JDemetra+), the turnover in September 2019 was in real terms 0.8% and in nominal terms 0.7% 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.
