The goal of the course paper is to find out the role of forecasting by financial analysts in a crisis.
Tasks of the course paper include consideration of the following points:
1)    definition and objectives of financial forecasting;
2)    methods of forecasting work done by financial analysts;
3)    specifics of financial forecasting in a crisis;
4)    trend analysis in the HoReCa industry;
5)    forecasting by financial analysts of the HoReCa industry in a pandemic crisis;
6)    herspectives of the HoReCa industry based on the forecasts.
The object of the study is the HoReCa industry.