A week after the celebration New Yearthe national government officially announced the new ones Holidays non-working hours for tourism purposes until 2026. The measure was published this morning in the Decision 164/2025 in it Official Gazette. This way, those who do not work on these dates can always take advantage of a long weekend.
In this way, the Chief of Staff, Manuel Adornifound that the Monday March 23rdHe Friday, July 10th and the Monday, December 7th be added as additional days off. The provision, which comes into force on the day following its publication, is added to the holidays already provided for in Article 7 of Law No. 27,399, a regulation regulating national holidays.
According to the authorities’ justification The decision aims to promote domestic tourism and facilitate the planning of commercial and family activities across the country.. Therefore, the new dates were chosen to allow for particularly long weekends, as they result in breaks of four consecutive days.
This is a common government strategy used in recent years to stimulate the economy in sectors such as hotels, restaurants and transport. In the case of Monday, March 23rd, this will allow for a longer rest period around the March 24th holiday. National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice.
While Friday July 10th will be added to the holiday on Thursday July 9th. Independence Dayon Monday, December 7th, the last one XL weekend of the year before Day of the Immaculate Conception of Marywhose feast day is December 8th and who is legally immovable.
Likewise, in the recital, the authorities recalled that this is a power that allows “to establish annually up to three (3) public holidays or non-working days, which must coincide with Mondays or Fridays, in order to promote tourist activities”, when referring to the above-mentioned regulation on national and non-working holidays.
Against this background, they reiterated that the designation of holidays for tourism purposes “helps to reduce the negative effects of the seasonality of the tourism sector and to spread tourist activity over time”.
- Thursday 1: New Year (unchangeable holiday).
- Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th: Carnival (unchangeable holidays).
- Monday 23rd: day off for tourist purposes.
- Tuesday 24th: National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Immutable Holiday).
- Thursday 2: Day of Veterans and those killed in the Malvinas War (unchangeable holiday) and coincides with Maundy Thursday (non-working day).
- Friday 3: Good Friday (unchangeable holiday).
- Friday 1: Labor Day (unchangeable holiday).
- Monday 25th: May Revolution Day (unchangeable holiday).
- Monday 15: Transition to the immortality of General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes (in reality the date is celebrated on the 17th, but it is a transferable holiday).
- Saturday 20th: Transition to the immortality of General Don Manuel Belgrano (immovable holiday).
- Thursday 9th: Independence Day (unchangeable holiday).
- Friday 10 a.mday off for tourist purposes.
- Monday 17th: Transition to the immortality of General Don José de San Martín (considered a transferable holiday, but the date would not be changed this year).
- Monday 12: Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity (transferable holiday that would remain unchanged this year like August 17th).
- Monday 23rd: National Sovereignty Day (the original date would be Friday 20 November, but authorities confirmed the move so there would be a long weekend).
- Monday 7: day off for tourist purposes.
- Tuesday 8th: Day of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (immovable holiday).
- Friday the 25th: Christmas (unchangeable holiday).
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