{"id":3311,"date":"2024-04-09T09:25:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T09:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2024-04-08T09:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:28:26","slug":"eu-accommodation-and-food-service-sector-employs-9-9-million-people-and-generates-e203-6-billion-in-value-added","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/?p=3311&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"EU Accommodation and Food Service Sector Employs 9.9 Million People and Generates \u20ac203.6 Billion in Value Added"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3311\" class=\"elementor elementor-3311\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-617a7bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"617a7bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3339f07\" data-id=\"3339f07\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19fa749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19fa749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-04-08-100638.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3307\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-04-08-100638.png 828w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-04-08-100638-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-04-08-100638-768x507.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-743140b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"743140b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 data-sourcepos=\"1:1-1:71\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>Accommodation and Catering: A Key Sector for the EU Economy<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca74994 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca74994\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p><p><\/p><div><p data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:376\">According to the latest statistics from Eurostat, the accommodation and food service sector in the European Union (EU) employed 9.9 million people in 2021, representing 6.3% of total employment in the business economy. The sector also generated a value added of \u20ac203.6 billion, equivalent to 2.2% of the total value added of the business economy.<\/p><p data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:233\"><strong>In terms of businesses, the accommodation and food service sector had 1.9 million active businesses in 2021, representing 6.1% of all active businesses in the EU. These businesses generated a net turnover of \u20ac446 billion in 2021.<\/strong><\/p><p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:37\"><strong>Variable Contributions by Country<\/strong><\/p><p data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:139\">The contributions of the sector to the value added and employment of the business economy varied considerably between EU countries in 2021.<\/p><p data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:240\">In terms of value added, the highest contribution was recorded in Greece (6.5%), followed by Cyprus (6.0%) and Croatia (5.4%). The lowest percentages were observed in Slovakia (0.8%), Czechia (1%) and Poland and the Netherlands (both 1.2%).<\/p><p data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:209\">In terms of employment, the contribution of the sector was highest in Greece (19.6%), Cyprus (13.5%) and Spain (9.5%). The lowest percentages were recorded in Poland (2.8%), Slovakia (3.3%) and Finland (3.9%).<\/p><p data-sourcepos=\"20:1-20:147\"><strong>For more information, please refer to Eurostat.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b127d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"56b127d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/en\/web\/products-eurostat-news\/w\/ddn-20240402-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accommodation and Catering: A Key Sector for the EU Economy According to the latest statistics from Eurostat, the accommodation and food service sector in the European Union (EU) employed 9.9 million people in 2021, representing 6.3% of total employment in the business economy. 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