In Ilocos Region, a total of 952 establishments engaged in the accommodation and food service activities in 2022. A 9.8 percent decrease from the data recorded in 2021 with 1055 establishments.

Meanwhile, the total employment in the section increased by 8.4 percent from 12,344 in 2021 to 13,376 in 2022. This translates to at least 14 employees for every establishment.

The total expense incurred for this section was PhP 16.1 billion in 2022 which increased by 25.6 percent compared to PhP 12.8 billion recorded in 2021. A comparison in terms of paid employees shows a 10 percent increase from 12,085 in 2021 to 13,292 in 2022. The number of paid employees in 2022 comprised of 99.4 percent of the total employment in 2022.

In terms of incurred total compensation in 2022, the accommodation and food services activities section spent a total of PhP 2.39 billion. This is higher by 33.7 percent from the PhP 1.79 billion total compensation in 2021.

In relation to this, the average annual compensation per paid employee recorded an increase of 21.5 percent from PhP 147,824 in 2021 to PhP 179,671 in 2022.
 

The accommodation and food services activities section earned a total of PhP 21.07 billion in revenue, higher by 38.1 percent compared to PhP 15.26 billion in 2021. The revenue per expense ratio in 2022 was 1.31 and 1.19 in 2021. It indicates an increase of 10.1 percent.

SGD. ATTY. SHEILA O. DE GUZMAN
Regional Director, RSSO I