Hotels, Restaurants Register Highest Inflation With 61.6%

The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of “hotels and restaurants” in the 12-month period ending March 20, which marks the last day of the fiscal 2021-22, increased by 61.6% compared with the corresponding period of the year before, latest data released by the Statistical Center of Iran show.
Notably, the CPI rise was the highest annualized inflation among 12 groups of goods and services surveyed by SCI on a monthly basis.
The CPI of “hotels and restaurants” stood at 454.9 in the month to March 20, indicating a 2.8% rise compared with the month before.