Press release No. 316 of 19 August 2020

Turnover in accommodation and food service activities, June 2020
+63.6% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
+63.5% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
-42.2% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
-41.4% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)

WIESBADEN – The relaxation of the corona protection measures had a positive impact on the German hotels and restaurants sector in June 2020. According to provisional data, turnover in the hotels and restaurants sector in June 2020 was in real terms 63.6% and in nominal terms 63.5% higher (after calendar and seasonal adjustment) than in May 2020. In comparison to February 2020, the month before the outbreak of Covid-19 in Germany, the turnover in June 2020 was 42.2% lower.

As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office, turnover in the hotels and restaurants sector fell also by 42.2% in real terms (price-adjusted) and by 41.4% in nominal terms (not price-adjusted) in June 2020 compared with June 2019.

The turnover reported by the hotels and other accommodation establishments was 52.1% (in real terms) lower than in June 2019. In the food and beverage services, turnover fell by 36.3% in real terms compared to June 2019. Within food and beverage service activities, the real turnover of caterers in June 2020 was 43.1% lower than in the same month of the previous year.

European data on accommodation and food services
Results on accommodation and food services in other EU countries are contained in the Eurostat’s database. At the moment, the database includes data for almost all countries for April 2020.

Methodological notes:
The survey covers enterprises in the in accommodation and food services sector with a turnover of at least 150 000 Euro per year. Destatis takes into account late notifications from the enterprises surveyed and therefore continuously updates the first proven results.

The revision tables provide information on the impact of the updates on the results.

The results of accommodation and food services statistics may differ from those of tourism statistics, especially in the summer months, because turnover in accommodation establishments does not always match the date of overnight stays. Methodological differences may also lead to different results.

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

Results on Turnover in accommodation and food services are available on the “Corona statistics“ webpage of the Federal Statistical Office together with other indicators which can be used to assess the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

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European statistics are available under „ Europe in figures“ on our website at www.destatis.de.