France hotels & tourist accommodation past price trend
France hotels & tourist accommodation past price trend stood at 9.8 Balance of opinion (%) in Sep 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the INSEE business surveys table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Apr 1988 to Sep 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the INSEE business surveys table
| Indicator | 09-2026 | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | |
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| Services | |||||||||||
| Monthly economic survey in services - Past trend of prices - Hotels and tourist accommodation | 9.8 | 6.2 | -17.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | -2.4 | 9.1 | -0.6 | 8 | -10.2 | |
| Monthly economic survey in services - Expected trend of prices - Administrative services and support activities excluding interim services | 3.9 | 9.3 | 9 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
Understanding france hotels & tourist accommodation past price trend
Commercial lodging providers, holiday villages, and seasonal accommodation operators evaluate the trajectory of their room rates and customer charges relative to preceding periods. Participants report whether tariff levels moved upward, downward, or stayed constant, producing a diffusion index scaled by enterprise size. This hospitality-specific measure isolates accommodation pricing trends, separating lodging cost dynamics from broader service sector inflation readings.
Interpreting these figures necessitates recognizing pronounced tourism seasonality, where rates fluctuate dramatically between peak holiday windows and off-season lulls. Analysts must account for regular revisions that occur when late respondents update their financial submissions. Comparing this hospitality index with retail or manufacturing surveys can mislead, as lodging tariffs exhibit high elasticity driven by tourist inflows and calendar holiday shifts.
Frequently asked questions
- What types of establishments contribute to this hospitality pricing metric?
- Hotels, campsites, holiday centers, and similar short-stay accommodation providers supply the underlying data.
- How does tourism seasonality affect the interpretation of these figures?
- Predictable holiday surges require careful seasonal adjustment consideration to avoid misreading routine calendar swings as structural shifts.
- Why might this series diverge from broader services inflation measures?
- Lodging tariffs respond rapidly to transient tourism demand and booking windows, unlike fixed commercial service contracts.