Activity and condition of accommodation establishments during the state of emergency in February 2021

The National Statistical Institute conducts monthly short survey among the managers of accommodation establishments to gather accurate and timely information on the state and development of their businesses during the ensuing epidemic situation in the country.

In February, 51.6% of the respondents offered their clients an alternative period to use the reservations, 61.4% had intended to reduce the price of the package services and 44.6% - of the nights spent.

With regard to the employees, 20.5% of the managers took as a measure ‘unpaid leave’, followed by ‘paid leave’ - 13.5%, and ‘release/reduction’ - 10.9%. 10.5% of the managers benefited from ‘part-time work’, 5.7% took the measure ‘reduction of staff remuneration’, and 4.1% - from ‘remote form of work’. At the same time, 31.6% of the accommodation establishments have benefited from the government measures to support employers.

In the next one month 50.4% of the managers predict that they will be able to serve ‘Up to 50%’ of the expenditures of own account activity, 25.2% will succeed ‘Up to 100%’, and 23.6% of respondents indicate that they will not be able to handle by themselves.