Restaurants & hotels

Eating out and accommodation. France is the world's top tourist destination (~90M visitors/year), so hotel prices are influenced by global tourism demand. Restaurant prices reflect labour costs — the SMIC (minimum wage) directly affects this sector.

Year-on-year change2025-12

+2.0%

Up from 1.9% in 2025-11
1.3 pp above headline inflation

Prices in this category are 2.0% higher than a year ago. What cost €100 last year now costs €102.

Trend vs Headline Inflation

Restaurants & hotels compared to headline CPI. When the solid line is above the dashed line, this category is rising faster than average.

Data source:Eurostat|2021-01 — 2025-12
Restaurants & hotels
Headline CPI

How to read this chart

Each point shows how much more (or less) this category costs compared to the same month a year earlier. When the line is at 5%, a basket that cost €100 last year now costs €105. The dashed line shows headline inflation — it helps you see whether this category is rising faster or slower than average.