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 change — 2025-12
+2.0%
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.
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.