8:05 a.m.: Travel agencies and operators in 2020 with over 70% sales decline compared to the pre-crisis year 2019
The corona crisis led to a significant drop in sales in individual sectors of the German economy in 2020. As a special evaluation of the statistical business register shows, the travel and entertainment industries were particularly hard hit by the crisis: travel agencies, tour operators and other reservation service providers recorded a drop in sales of 71.4% compared to 2019, while sales in the aviation sector fell by 45.8% and in the hotel and other accommodation business by 41.0%. With creative, artistic and entertainment activities 39.4% less turnover was achieved than before the crisis. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the annual turnover in 2020 decreased across all economic sectors by a total of 3.8% compared to the previous year. The winners of this crisis are veterinarians and other veterinarians, who achieved 10.6% more sales than in 2019, not least due to increased pet purchases. In addition, the building construction with a plus of 9.4%, because many households and companies invested in construction measures and due to the boom in online trade also the branch of postal, courier and express services, which was able to increase its turnover by 9.2%.