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Press release No. 193 of 17 May 2023 Turnover in accommodation and food services in March 2023 down 2.1% on the previous month

In March 2023, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services decreased by a real (price adjusted) 2.1% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 1.0% compared with February 2023. Based on provisional results, the Federal …

Press release No. 180 of 11 May 2023 Tourism in Germany in March 2023: 26.5% more overnight stays than in the previous year, but still fewer than before the pandemic

In March 2023, accommodation establishments in Germany recorded 31.8 million overnight stays of visitors from Germany and abroad. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a 26.5% increase on March …

Press release No. 172 of 3 May 2023 Tourism in Germany in 2022: 38.6 million overnight stays booked via online platforms

In 2022, domestic and international visitors used the four big online platforms of AirBnB, Booking.com, TripAdvisor and Expedia to book a total of 38.6 million overnight stays in holiday dwellings and homes in Germany. As a result, the four online …

Press release No. 155 of 19 April 2023 Turnover in accommodation and food services down 2.7% in February 2023 on the previous month

In February 2023, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services decreased by a real (price adjusted) 2.7% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 2.3% compared with January 2023. Based on provisional results, the Federal …

Press release No. 147 of 13 April 2023 Tourism in Germany in February 2023: 40.5% more overnight stays than in the previous year, but 11.7% fewer than before the pandemic

In February 2023, accommodation establishments in Germany recorded 26.4 million overnight stays of visitors from Germany and abroad. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a 40.5% increase on …

Press release No. 118 of 21 March 2023 Turnover in accommodation and food services up 7.1% in January 2023 on the previous month

In January 2023, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services increased by a real (price adjusted) 7.1% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 8.9% compared with December 2022. Based on provisional results, the Federal …

Press release No. N 016 of 13 March 2023 Food and beverage services: number of employees still considerably lower in 2022 than before the Covid-19 crisis

The food and beverage services sector lost many of their staff in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of employees increased in 2022 but was still markedly lower than in the pre-Covid year of 2019. Last year, 12.5% more people were employed …

Press release No. 096 of 10 March 2023 Tourism in Germany in January 2023: 48.3% more overnight stays than in the previous year, but 10.5% fewer than before the pandemic

In January 2023, accommodation establishments in Germany recorded 24.0 million overnight stays of visitors from Germany and abroad. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a 48.3% increase on …

Press release No. 066 of 17 February 2023 Turnover in accommodation and food services in 2022 up a real 45.4% on 2021, but 12.5% lower than before Covid crisis

Turnover in accommodation and food services in 2022 was up 45.4% in real terms (price adjusted) compared with the previous year. In nominal terms (not price adjusted), turnover increased by 55.7%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also …

Press release No. 055 of 10 February 2023 Tourism in Germany in 2022: More overnight stays than 2021, but less than before corona

The tourism industry in Germany recovered partly from the Covid-19 crisis compared with 2021. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that accommodation establishments in Germany recorded 450.8 million …

Press release No. 027 of 19 January 2023 Turnover in accommodation and food services in 2022 expected to be up by just over 47% in real terms on 2021

With the fading Covid pandemic and the abolishment of nearly all Covid restrictions, accommodation and food service activities in Germany generated markedly higher turnover in 2022 than in the previous year. The turnover generated by food service and …

Press release No. 018 of 13 January 2023 Tourism in Germany in November 2022: More overnight stays than 2021, but less than before corona

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in Germany increased by 21.8% to 29,8 million in November 2022, compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. Compared with November 2019, before the …

Press release No. 548 of 19 December 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services in October 2022 down 0.1% on the previous month

In October 2022, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services decreased by a real (price adjusted) 0.1% and remained unchanged in nominal terms (not price adjusted) compared with September 2022. Based on …

Press release No. 523 of 9 December 2022 Tourism in Germany in October 2022: 2.7% more overnight stays than a year earlier

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in Germany increased by 2.7% to 44,3 million in October 2022, compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. Compared with October 2019, the number of …

Press release No. 491 of 21 November 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services in September 2022 down 0.9% on the previous month

In September 2022, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services decreased by a real (price adjusted) 0.9% and increased by a nominal (not price adjusted) 0.2% compared with August 2022. Based on provisional …

Press release No. 470 of 10 November 2022 Tourism in Germany in September 2022: More overnight stays than one year earlier

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in Germany increased by 4.7% to 47,2 million in September 2022, compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. Compared with September 2019, the number …

Date: November 3, 2022 Annual survey of accommodation and food service activities 2020

The results of the annual survey supply information on the structure of enterprises that is essential for economic policy purposes, and they also make it possible to assess cost-effectiveness and productivity of accommodation and food service …

Press release No. 447 of 18 October 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services down 0.6% on the previous month

In August 2022, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services decreased by a real (price adjusted) 0.6% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 0.2%. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office …

Press release No. 429 of 10 October 2022 Tourism in Germany in August 2022: Overnight stays of domestic and foreign guests reach pre-pandemic level

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in Germany increased by 4.0 % to 58.2 million in August 2022, compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. Compared with August 2019, the number of …

Press release No. 396 of 19 September 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services in July 2022 down 1.5% on the previous month

In July 2022, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services decreased by a real (price adjusted) 1.5% and increased by a nominal (not price adjusted) 0.4% compared with June 2022. Based on provisional results, the …

Press release No. 378 of 9 September 2022 Tourism in Germany in July 2022: 17.5% more overnight stays than in the previous year

In July 2022, accommodation establishments in Germany recorded 56.3 million overnight stays of visitors from Germany and abroad. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 17.5% …

Press release No. 355 of 19 August 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services in the 1^st half of 2022 almost twice as high as a year earlier

Turnover in accommodation and food service activities in the first half of 2022 was up a real (price adjusted) 98.5% and thus was almost twice as high as in the first half of 2021. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office …

Press release No. 338 of 10 August 2022 Tourism in Germany in June 2022: 48.9 million overnight stays of domestic and foreign guests

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in accommodation establishments with 10 or more bed places and in tourist campsites having 10 or more pitches increased by 60.5 % to 48.9 million in Germany in June …

Press release No. 306 of 19 July 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services up 8.5% in May 2022 on the previous month

In May 2022, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services increased by a real (price adjusted) 8.5% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 9.8% compared with April 2022. Real turnover in accommodation and food services …

Press release No. 289 of 8 July 2022 Tourism in Germany in May 2022: 43.0 million overnight stays of domestic and foreign guests

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in accommodation establishments with 10 or more bed places and in tourist campsites having 10 or more pitches increased by 196.5% to 43.0 million in Germany in May …

Press release No. 257 of 21 June 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services up 2.6% in April 2022 on the previous month

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 …

Press release No. 238 of 10 June 2022 Tourism in Germany in April 2022: 35.7 million overnight stays of domestic and foreign guests

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in accommodation establishments with 10 or more bed places and in tourist campsites having 10 or more pitches increased by 319.6% to 35.7 million in Germany in April …

Press release No. 205 of 17 May 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services in March 2022 up 6.2% on the previous month

In March 2022, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services increased by a real (price adjusted) 6.2% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 6.7% compared with February 2022. Real turnover in accommodation and food …

Press release No. 194 of 10 May 2022 Tourism in Germany in March 2022: 25.1 million overnight stays of domestic and foreign guests

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in accommodation establishments with 10 or more bed places and in tourist campsites having 10 or more pitches increased by 175.7% to 25.1 million in Germany in March …

Press release No. 176 of 21 April 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services up 3.5% in February 2022 on the previous month

In February 2022, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services declined by a real (price adjusted) 3.5% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 4.2% compared with January 2022. Real turnover in accommodation and food …

Press release No. 157 of 8 April 2022 Tourism in Germany in February 2022: More than two and a half times as many overnight stays as in the corresponding month a year earlier

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in accommodation establishments with 10 or more bed places and in tourist campsites having 10 or more pitches increased by 161.0% to 18.8 million in Germany in …

Press release No. N 015 of 21 March 2022 Tourism in Germany in 2021: 267,900 overnight stays of visitors from Russia

Roughly 267,900 overnight stays of visitors from Russia were recorded by the accommodation establishments in Germany in 2021. This figure accounts for 0.9% of the well over 31.0 million overnight stays of visitors from all over the world, according …

Press release No. 118 of 18 March 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services up 9.7% in January 2022 on the previous month

In January 2022, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services increased by both a real (price-adjusted) and nominal (not price adjusted) 9.7% on December 2021. Compared with the lockdown month of January 2021, real …

Press release No. 097 of 10 March 2022 Tourism in Germany in January 2022: overnight stays up more than two and a half times on January 2021

Accommodation establishments in Germany recorded 16.2 million overnight stays of visitors from Germany and abroad in January 2022. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was two and a half times …

Press release No. 070 of 21 February 2022 2021 turnover in accommodation and food services down a real 2.2% on 2020

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) …

Press release No. 056 of 10 February 2022 Tourism in Germany in 2021: overnight stays up 2.7% on 2020

The tourism industry in Germany was heavily affected by the Covid-19 crisis also in 2021. However, it recovered slightly compared with 2020, the first year of the pandemic. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …

Press release No. 024 of 18 January 2022 Turnover in accommodation and food services expected to have remained unchanged in real terms in 2021 year on year

According to an estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), real (price adjusted) turnover in accommodation and food service activities in Germany remained unchanged in 2021 compared with the previous year. In nominal terms (not price …

Press release No. N 001 of 14 January 2022 Covid-19 crisis: number of people employed in the restaurant industry markedly down

The measures taken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have hit the restaurant industry particularly hard – with consequences for the jobs in that branch. The number of persons employed in the period from January to October 2021 was by 11.6% lower than …

Press release No. 017 of 12 January 2022 Tourism in Germany in November 2021: 24.6 million overnight stays

In November 2021, accommodation establishments in Germany recorded 24.6 million overnight stays of visitors from Germany and abroad. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of …

Press release No. 588 of 20 December 2021 Turnover in accommodation and food services in October 2021 down 0.6% on the previous month

In October 2021, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services declined by a real (price adjusted) 0.6% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 0.1% on September 2021. Compared with October 2020, turnover in …

Press release No. 559 of 9 December 2021 Tourism in Germany in October 2021: 30.3% more overnight stays than a year earlier

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in accommodation establishments with 10 or more bed places and in tourist campsites having 10 or more pitches increased by 30.3% to 43.3 million in Germany in …

Press release No. 529 of 19 November 2021 Turnover in accommodation and food services in September 2021 down 3.5% on the previous month

In September 2021, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services declined by a real (price adjusted) 3.5% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 4.1% compared with August 2021. Due to increasing coronavirus infections, …

Press release No. 515 of 10 November 2021 Tourism in Germany in September 2021: overnight stays down 5.0% compared with the pre-crisis level in September 2020

Date: October 19, 2021 Annual survey of accommodation and food service activities 2019

The results of the annual survey supply information on the structure of enterprises that is essential for economic policy purposes, and they also make it possible to assess cost-effectiveness and productivity of accommodation and food service …

Press release No. 488 of 18 October 2021 Turnover in accommodation and food services in August 2021 up 5.9% on the previous month

In August 2021, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services increased by a real (price adjusted) 5.9% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 6.4% compared with July 2021. Compared with August 2020, turnover was up …

Press release No. 476 of 8 October 2021 Tourism in Germany in August 2021: overnight stays down 3.1% compared with the pre-crisis level in August 2019

In August 2021, accommodation establishments in Germany recorded 56.1 million overnight stays of visitors from Germany and abroad. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 13.4% …

Press release No. 443 of 20 September 2021 Turnover in accommodation and food services in July 2021 up 20.8% on the previous month

In July 2021, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services increased by a real (price adjusted) 20.8% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 21.3% compared with June 2021. Based on provisional results, the Federal …

Press release No. 420 of 9 September 2021 Tourism in Germany in July 2021: overnight stays down 18% compared with the pre-crisis level in July 2019

In July 2021, the accommodation establishments in Germany recorded 48.2 million overnight stays of visitors from Germany and abroad. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of …

Press release No. 390 of 18 August 2021 Turnover in accommodation and food services in June 2021 up 61.7% on the previous month

In June 2021, the calendar and seasonally adjusted turnover in accommodation and food services increased by a real (price adjusted) 61.7% and a nominal (not price adjusted) 63.9% compared with May 2021. Based on provisional results, the Federal …

Press release No. 375 of 10 August 2021 Tourism in Germany in June 2021: overnight stays down 39% compared with the pre-crisis level in June 2019

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of overnight stays in accommodation establishments with 10 or more bed places and in tourist campsites having 10 or more pitches increased by 6.1% to 30.9 million in Germany in June …