Despite the request of the Argentine Chamber of Tourism, the Government confirmed that the holiday for the Passage into Immortality of General Don José de San Martín will not be moved to Friday the 16th or Monday the 19th.
He Government confirmed that the holiday August 17, which commemorates the Passage into Immortality of General Don Jose de San Martin, will be maintained on Saturday and it will not be transferred to the Friday 16th and not Monday 19th eitherso there will be no long weekend.
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Despite the request of the Argentine Chamber of Tourism (CAT)which sought to move it to Monday so that Argentines could travel and boost the sector, the Government decided not to move the date of the holiday.
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“National holidays whose Dates that coincide with Tuesday and Wednesday will be moved to the previous Monday. Those that coincide with Thursday and Friday They will be transferred to the following Monday“, details article 6 of Law 27,399.
When is the next holiday in Argentina?
Thus, the next long weekend will only come in October. Tourists will have to wait for make a “getaway” until Friday 11th (declared a holiday for tourism purposes) despite the fact that the Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity is commemorate Saturday the 12th.
Calendar: How many holidays are left in the year?
There will only be two more long weekends for the rest of the year.
The closest holiday is on Saturday, August 17, followed by October 12, which will have a long weekend between the 11th and 13th.
The second remaining long weekend in 2024 will be between November 16 and November 18.
December 8 falls on a Sunday and will also keep its date, so there will be no long weekend. The last holiday of the year will be on December 25 (Wednesday).
