Worrying labour shortage in Hungarian hospitality industry, will employees return?
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40-50 thousand people left the hospitality sector, and they do not plan to return, ever. This will affect tourism in great ways, especially regarding the prices. Data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH) shows that 193,000 people worked in hospitality in 2019. In 2020, this number dropped below 177,000.
In Hungary
The coronavirus was a huge hit to the sectors of tourism and hospitality. In a former article in June, we reported that job applicants with modest skills could get the jobs for which there had been competition 5 years before. Another surprising information was that managers and salespeople had to take up cleaning chores because of labour shortage.
In August, Daily News Hungary wrote that labour shortage remained one of the biggest problems. Chefs and waiters were in demand, guests became fewer in number, and employers tried to make up for the labour shortage by employing student workers. Meanwhile, labour became 20% more expensive, and raw materials became 10% pricier. In September, we brought some bad news. One of Budapest’s oldest Hungarian restaurants closed after nearly 140 years. Read about the unfortunate event HERE.
Labour shortage seems to be worsening by the day, and no country is an exception.
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