Press release No. 357 of 15 September 2020
Turnover in accommodation and food service activities, July 2020 (provisional)
+21.9% real on the previous month (calendar and seasonally adjusted)
+27.6% nominal on the previous month (calendar and seasonally adjusted)
-26.8% real on the same month a year earlier
-22.3% nominal on the same month a year earlier
WIESBADEN – The relaxation of the corona protection measures had a positive impact on the German hotels and restaurants sector in July 2020. According to provisional data, turnover in the hotels and restaurants sector in July 2020 was in real terms 21.9% and in nominal terms 27.6% higher (after calendar and seasonal adjustment) than in June 2020. In comparison to February 2020, the month before the outbreak of Covid-19 in Germany, the turnover in July 2020 was 28.7% lower.
As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office, turnover in the hotels and restaurants sector fell also by 26.8% in real terms (price-adjusted) and by 22.3% in nominal terms (not price-adjusted) in July 2020 compared with July 2019. The turnover reported by the hotels and other accommodation establishments was 31.0% (in real termslower than in July 2019. In the food and beverage services, turnover fell by 24.3% in real terms compared to July 2019. Within food and beverage service activities, the real turnover of caterers in July 2020 was 41.9% 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 June 2020.
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.
German EU Council Presidency
As of 1 July, the Federal Statistical Office will organise the meetings of the Council Working Party on Statistics to be held during Germany’s EU Council Presidency under the chairmanship of its President Dr. Georg Thiel. Information on our activities during the Presidency of the Council of the EU is provided at destatis.de/eu2020.
European statistics are available under "Europe in figures" on our website at www.destatis.de.
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.
