Press release No. 257 of 21 June 2022
Turnover in accommodation and food services, April 2022 (provisional results, calendar and seasonally adjusted)
+2.6%, in real terms, on the previous month
+3.6%, in nominal terms, on the previous month
+138.4%, in real terms, on the same month a year earlier
+151.8%, in nominal terms, on the same month a year earlier
WIESBADEN – In April 2022, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services increased by a real (price adjusted) 2.6% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 3.6% compared with March 2022. Real turnover in accommodation and food services more than doubled (+138.4%) compared with April 2021, when there had been severe restrictions for the hotel and restaurant industry. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports, however, that the turnover in April 2022, in real terms, was 24.0% below the level of February 2020, the month before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany.
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.
