According to the latest Eustat survey, the sector (including hotels, accommodation, restaurants and bars) grew both in the number of people employed, 5.5% more than in 2021, and in turnover, by 25% more.
The sector of catering industry in Euskadi had an increase in the result for the year by 21.7% in 2022 and thus achieved the best result of the historical series known in the Basque Autonomous Community, according to data compiled by Eustat.
This sector – including hotels, accommodation companies, restaurants and bars – made a profit of €2.50 291.4 million eurosAccording to the Basque Statistical Institute, Eustat, the “excellent” result is fundamentally due to the behavior of the salesof which the increase of 25.7% consolidates the 33.9% of 2021 and “the clear recovery of the strong punished Through pandemic covid-19 in 2020″, the year in which turnover fell by almost half (-47.4%). Although turnover is already almost 4 billion euros, it is still below pre-pandemic levels (4.5 billion euros in 2019).
Reflecting the good evolution, employment increased by 5.5%, with 3,262 more people working. 62,406 jobsafter declines between 2-5% in 2020 and 2021. The number of branches remained stable, even with a small increase of 0.1%, to 13,420.
By means of territoriesBizkaia and Gipuzkoa led the increases, with increases of 27 and 20.4%, while in Álava growth was limited to 6.5%. Sales increased in the three areas, although slightly less in Alava (22.4%, compared to 25.3 in Bizkaia and 27.5 in Gipuzkoa).
Source: EITB
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