Press release No. 516 of 17 December 2020
Turnover in accommodation and food services, October 2020 (provisional)
-11.4% real on the previous month (calendar and seasonally adjusted)
-11.3% nominal on the previous month (calendar and seasonally adjusted)
-31.0% real on the same month a year earlier
-27.4% nominal on the same month a year earlier
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office, turnover in the accommodation and food services was in October 2020 11.4% smaller in real terms (price-adjusted) and 11.3% smaller in nominal terms (not price-adjusted) than in September 2020. Turnover in real terms (after calendar and seasonal adjustment) was still 32.4% lower than in February 2020, the month before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Germany. Therefore, German accommodation and food services did not continue to recover in October 2020.
The impact of the crisis is also visible in a year-on-year comparison. The turnover of October 2020 in the accommodation and food services fell by 31.0% in real terms and 27.4% in nominal terms compared to October 2019. The turnover reported by the hotels and other accommodation establishments was 37.5% lower in real terms than in October 2019. In the food and beverage services, turnover decreased by 27.0% in real terms from October 2019. Within food and beverage service activities, the real turnover of caterers was 34.1% lower in October 2020 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 September 2020.
German EU Council Presidency
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.
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.
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.
European statistics are available under "Europe in figures" on our website at www.destatis.de.
