Press release No. 070 of 21 February 2022
Turnover in accommodation and food services, December 2021 (provisional results, calendar and seasonally adjusted)
-21.1%, in real terms, on the previous month
-20.4%, in nominal terms, on the previous month
+96.8%, in real terms, on the same month a year earlier
+100.6%, in nominal terms, on the same month a year earlier
Turnover in accommodation and food services, annual result of 2021 (provisional results, unadjusted values)
-2.2% in 2021 compared with 2020 (in real terms)
+0.1% in 2021 compared with 2020 (in nominal terms)
WIESBADEN - In 2021, restaurants and accommodation facilities in Germany did not recover from the slumps in turnover recorded in the first Covid crisis year 2020. Turnover in accommodation and food services in 2021 was down 2.2% in real terms (price adjusted) compared with the previous year. In nominal terms (not price adjusted), turnover increased by 0.1%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that in 2020 and 2021 - the years that were characterised by Covid-related restrictions - turnover in accommodation and food services was at the lowest level since the time series started in 1994. Compared with the pre-crisis year 2019, turnover in accommodation and food services decreased by 40.3% in real terms, and by 36.4% in nominal terms, in 2021.
Long time series regarding the monthly statistics of accommodation and food service activities are provided in the table on Turnover in accommodation and food services (45213-0005) in the GENESIS-Online database.
