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Evolution of Turnover of Enterprises in Accommodation and Food Service Activities HELLENIC REPUBLIC HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY Piraeus, 22 September 2020 PRESS RELEASE EVOLUTION OF TURNOVER OF ENTERPRISES IN ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES JULY 2020 The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) with this ad hoc sectoral publication, presents the map with the evolution of the turnover of enterprises classified in the Accommodation and Food and Beverage Service Activities divisions. These economic activities have been over time in the focus of interest due to the significant weight they bear on the Greek economy as a whole, but also due to their extensive dispersion, with a significant presence in all regional units and a significant contribution to the respective local economies of Greece, often associated with the tourist product of the country. At the same time, under the recent circumstances, the monitoring and dedicated publication of the evolution of these economic activities has become imperative, given the direct and indirect adverse impact they have been subjected to, due to the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The current publication is part of the ad hoc Press Releases series published by ELSTAT (PR link), since April 2020. Similar publications have been planned to be released on a monthly basis, throughout the whole period during which the regular monitoring of the evolution of the turnover of enterprises providing Accommodation, Food and Beverage Service Activities will remain relevant and warranted. In particular, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data on a monthly and quarterly basis and at the regional unit country-level of analysis, for the turnover of enterprises classified in the divisions Accommodation, Food and Beverage Service Activities (divisions 55 and 56 of the NACE Rev.2 classification) for the period 2019-2020. The published data can highlight, at a detailed local level, the current evolution in the performance of enterprises having activity in key classes of the tourism sector and thus provide quick and highly relevant information on the evolution of the tourist product of Greece. Information on methodological issues: Information on data provision: Business Statistics Division Tel.: +30 213 135 2022, 2308, 2310 Registers and Big Enterprises Section E-mail: [email protected] Head of Section: Adamantia Georgostathi Tel.: +30 213 135 2043 e-mail: [email protected] 1 Specifically, For the total of enterprises in Accommodation Activities, the turnover in the second quarter 2020 amounted to 104,682,448 euro, recording a decrease of 94.3% in comparison with the second quarter 2019, when the respective turnover was 1,846,435,467 euro. The largest decrease in the turnover of the second quarter 2020 compared to the second quarter of 2019 was recorded in the Regional Unit Lassithi (99.5%), while the respective smallest decrease (11.7%) was recorded in the Regional Unit Florina (Table 2a). For the total of enterprises in Food and Beverage Service Activities, the turnover in the second quarter 2020 amounted to 592,729,473 euro, recording a decrease of 59.0% in comparison with the second quarter 2019, when the respective turnover was 1,446,782,662 euro. The largest decrease in the turnover of the second quarter 2020 compared to the second quarter of 2019 was recorded in the Regional Unit Thira (95.6%) while the respective smallest decrease (33.3%) was recorded in the Regional Unit Grevena (Table 3a). For the enterprises in Accommodation Activities obliged to double-entry bookkeeping, for which data are available on a monthly basis, the turnover in July 2020 amounted to 277,842,377 euro, recording a decrease of 76.6% in comparison with July 2019, when the respective turnover was 1,186,745,890 euro. For the enterprises of the Regional Units with a contribution to the total turnover of the year 2019 greater than 0.5% (Table 1), the largest decrease in the turnover in July 2020 compared with July 2019 was recorded in the Regional Unit Mykonos (89.1%), while the respective smallest decrease (52.5%) was recorded in the Regional Unit Messinia (Table 2b). For the enterprises in Food and Beverage Service Activities obliged to double-entry bookkeeping, for which data are available on a monthly basis, the turnover in July 2020 amounted to 117,622,266 euro, recording a decrease of 40.2% in comparison with July 2019, when the respective turnover was 196,670,634 euro. For the enterprises of the Regional Units with a contribution to the total turnover of the year 2019 greater than 0.5%, the largest decrease in the turnover in July 2020 compared with July 2019 was recorded in the Regional Unit Sporades (86.0%) and the smallest decrease (7.0%) was recorded in the Regional Unit Imathia, while respective increase (10.4%) was recorded in the Regional Unit Rethymno (Table 3b). 2 Table 1: Number of enterprises and share in the annual turnover of 2019, of activity classes Accommodation and Food and Beverage Service Activities (classes 55, 56 of NACE Rev. 2 classification), per Regional Unit. ACCOMMODATION FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE ACTIVITIES NACE Rev.2 55 NACE Rev.2 56 REGIONAL UNIT SHARE (%) SHARE (%) NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TURNOVER 2019 IN THE TOTAL TURNOVER 2019 IN THE TOTAL ENTERPRISES ENTERPRISES TURNOVER TURNOVER ACHAIA 156 24,857,136 0.36 2,198 109,454,378 1.81 ANDROS 134 4,664,429 0.07 156 8,815,041 0.15 ARGOLIDA 362 36,720,687 0.53 884 67,234,953 1.11 ARKADIA 241 7,026,246 0.10 794 33,042,373 0.55 ARTA 25 2,661,549 0.04 672 17,389,319 0.29 ATTIKI(*) 1,760 1,646,455,622 23.55 17,741 2,410,899,987 39.79 CHALKIDIKI 1,926 206,037,686 2.95 1,655 102,613,190 1.69 CHANIA 1,592 353,744,723 5.06 1,826 150,049,047 2.48 CHIOS 157 9,655,620 0.14 462 28,662,197 0.47 DRAMA 30 5,058,007 0.07 722 25,348,404 0.42 ETOLOAKARNANIA 125 11,958,984 0.17 2,015 64,485,916 1.06 EVIA 759 30,220,022 0.43 2,032 85,888,968 1.42 EVROS 117 17,820,044 0.25 1,166 45,702,251 0.75 EVRYTANIA 85 2,301,007 0.03 207 4,292,424 0.07 FLORINA 42 2,156,082 0.03 524 10,434,571 0.17 FOKIDA 120 8,723,958 0.12 474 17,389,063 0.29 FTHIOTIDA 154 11,085,840 0.16 1,253 45,274,670 0.75 GREVENA 41 3,465,428 0.05 349 8,813,999 0.15 IKARIA 129 2,388,078 0.03 225 3,931,220 0.06 ILIA 158 29,355,353 0.42 1,360 39,428,409 0.65 IMATHIA 53 12,503,266 0.18 991 35,249,426 0.58 IOANNINA 307 32,940,858 0.47 1,481 74,104,511 1.22 IRAKLIO 1,069 609,077,835 8.71 2,710 157,673,414 2.60 ITHAKI 104 2,323,728 0.03 75 3,352,787 0.06 KALYMNOS 358 11,468,884 0.16 498 19,863,966 0.33 KARDITSA 71 6,469,929 0.09 984 21,919,535 0.36 KARPATHOS 199 24,811,054 0.35 253 10,060,148 0.17 KASTORIA 57 9,457,765 0.14 428 10,924,485 0.18 KAVALA 141 16,628,066 0.24 1,006 49,274,572 0.81 KEA - KYTHNOS 123 2,976,941 0.04 128 7,531,393 0.12 KEFALLINIA 791 68,975,018 0.99 522 45,121,235 0.74 KERKYRA 2,426 317,375,947 4.54 2,031 121,110,644 2.00 KILKIS 15 3,712,923 0.05 614 19,699,824 0.33 KORINTHIA 161 20,213,836 0.29 1,259 75,942,818 1.25 KOS 393 282,227,901 4.04 752 48,302,116 0.80 KOZANI 44 6,960,566 0.10 1,227 37,688,192 0.62 LAKONIA 333 22,154,267 0.32 932 40,833,088 0.67 LARISSA 189 13,063,029 0.19 1,943 86,246,929 1.42 LASSITHI 497 234,469,329 3.35 987 51,742,138 0.85 3 Table 1: Number of enterprises and share in the annual turnover of 2019, of activity classes Accommodation and Food and Beverage Service Activities (classes 55, 56 of NACE Rev. 2 classification), per Regional Unit (continued) ACCOMMODATION FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE ACTIVITIES NACE Rev.2 55 NACE Rev.2 56 REGIONAL UNIT SHARE (%) SHARE (%) NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TURNOVER 2019 IN THE TOTAL TURNOVER 2019 IN THE TOTAL ENTERPRISES ENTERPRISES TURNOVER TURNOVER LEFKADA 930 37,485,319 0.54 586 35,737,945 0.59 LESVOS 416 20,221,674 0.29 954 53,320,399 0.88 LIMNOS 94 5,005,584 0.07 192 8,001,901 0.13 MAGNISSIA 573 32,882,069 0.47 1,536 80,809,701 1.33 MESSINIA 557 42,212,500 0.60 1,649 83,739,141 1.38 MILOS 566 27,564,859 0.39 286 21,839,483 0.36 MYKONOS 449 267,167,294 3.82 264 114,418,117 1.89 NAXOS 621 51,500,325 0.74 521 38,804,379 0.64 PAROS 544 49,910,303 0.71 398 49,281,480 0.81 PELLA 151 9,771,734 0.14 1,122 29,353,368 0.48 PIERIA 1,109 66,055,456 0.94 1,270 68,453,563 1.13 PREVEZA 559 31,381,177 0.45 816 34,806,432 0.57 RETHYMNO 804 246,160,559 3.52 1,026 75,524,115 1.25 RODOPI 32 5,982,570 0.09 762 33,444,250 0.55 RODOS 1,019 805,763,229 11.53 1,838 143,051,561 2.36 SAMOS 361 45,438,651 0.65 501 24,331,556 0.40 SERRES 40 8,433,425 0.12 1,469 36,886,862 0.61 SPORADES 703 59,933,860 0.86 449 33,776,537 0.56 SYROS 188 9,978,970 0.14 217 20,309,354 0.34 THASSOS 806 53,583,864 0.77 401 24,244,673 0.40 THESPROTIA 250 14,779,664 0.21 593 24,217,971 0.40 THESSALONIKI 601 415,519,240 5.94 5,484 517,202,052 8.54 THIRA 1,157 336,492,998 4.81 747 131,144,907 2.16 TINOS 181 6,965,209 0.10 169 13,413,337 0.22 TRIKALA 133 17,929,318 0.26 1,167 43,017,241 0.71 VIOTIA 68 6,884,017 0.10 886 32,107,246 0.53 XANTHI 29 6,186,698 0.09 653 32,406,622 0.53 ZAKYNTHOS 983 195,826,073 2.80 916 59,749,057 0.99 Total 29,368 6,991,184,282 82,408 6,059,184,851 (*) Attiki corresponds to the Region and includes all Regional Units that are part of it.
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