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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Going for a drink or going to a restaurant - that was far less an option than usual for Berliners in the Corona year 2020.
Because hardly any holidaymakers came, the hospitality industry experienced a sharp slump.
Compared to the previous year, half of sales were lost, as the Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office announced on Tuesday.
Mandatory closings and infection concerns kept customers away, especially from hotels, which performed almost two-thirds weaker than in 2019. Restaurants, pubs and caterers lost around 40 percent of their business.
The bottom line was a decline in sales of 48.1 percent for the hospitality industry.
Adjusted for price increases, it was 49.9 percent.
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