EMPLOYMENT IN ACCOMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES. COMPARISON BETWEEN ROMANIA, BULGARIA AND HUNGARY

The aim of this article is to analyze the evolution of some relevant indicators regarding the labor force over the past 10 years that correspond to the accommodation and food service sector. Also, to underpin the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment part of this area. It would be a comparative study of the countries mentioned that could shed some light on which countries managed to maintain better control regarding the pandemic impact in accommodation and food service activities. So, a first objective is to obtain a measurement of the impact of pandemic in this area in 2020. Some other objectives are to find out which country has a better annual productivity per employee. Another one, related to in which country are the most employees in this area and what are the percentages of employees from this sector in the whole economy of these 3 cases. Last but not least what could be in terms of the perspective over the next few years. In terms of the methodology used, the Google Scholar platform would be used as the main source for the literature research, while the websites of the national institutions on statistical data for each country would be used for the empirical study.