Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 1,678 restaurants & similar establishments (1,626) as well as cooked-food stalls in markets (52) were operating in 2012, down by 36 year-on-year owing to a notable decrease in drinking places. Despite a decrease in number of establishments, total number of persons engaged increased by 4% year-on-year to 21,999. Receipts and Expenditure of the industry amounted to MOP 6.99 billion and MOP 6.31 billion, up by 15% and 11% respectively year-on-year. Gross Value Added that measures the sectoral contribution to the economy went up by 19% to MOP 2.80 billion. Gross Fixed Capital Formation dropped by 36% year-on-year to MOP 191 million on account of a significant decrease of 49% in that of restaurants. There were 1,626 restaurants & similar establishments operating in 2012. Number of persons engaged increased by 4% year-on-year to 21,900. Receipts of restaurants & similar establishments reached MOP 6.97 billion, up by 15% year-on-year. Analysed by type of industry, eating places (1,312) accounted for 81% of the total, and their Receipts soared by 23% year-on-year to MOP 4.21 billion; Receipts of restaurants amounted to MOP 2.46 billion, an increase of 8%. Expenditure of restaurants & similar establishments amounted to MOP 6.30 billion, up by 11% year-on-year. Major expenditure items included Purchase of Goods (MOP 2.60 billion) and Compensation of Employees (MOP 2.12 billion), both up by 11% year-on-year; Operating Expenses totalled MOP 1.58 billion, an increase of 10%. Analysed by type of industry, Expenditure of eating places reached MOP 3.79 billion (60% of total), and that of restaurants amounted to MOP 2.24 billion. Gross Value Added of restaurants & similar establishments rose by 19% year-on-year to MOP 2.80 billion; Gross Fixed Capital Formation decreased significantly by 36% to MOP 191 million. A total of 52 cooked-food stalls were operating in markets in 2012, down by 2 year-on-year. Number of persons engaged totalled 99. Receipts of cook-food stalls amounted to MOP 20 million, up marginally by 0.4%. Expenditure (MOP 11 million) and Gross Value Added (MOP 9 million) dropped by 8% and 2% respectively year-on-year. Coverage of the Restaurants & Similar Establishments Survey includes licensed restaurants, eating & drinking places and cooked-food stalls in municipal markets in 2012, excluding hotel-operated restaurants and similar facilities, as well as street hawkers.
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