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This Friday, June 21st is holiday in Argentina and many wonder Why is a holiday celebrated on this date?, enshrined in the official calendar prepared by the Ministry of Interior.
It happens that it is not a day consecrated to honor a historical date, but rather a long weekend holiday ready to extend the rest of the year towards the weekend Thursday, June 20, Flag Day. In addition, this will be added to the holiday on Monday, June 17, holiday for the Pass to Immortality of Martin Miguel de Guemeswhich will form a week with only two business days in June.
In this way, the holiday on June 21st corresponds to one of the tourist holidays that he Government can be available throughout the year to form long weekends and in this way stimulate internal travel, with its consequent positive impact on the hotel, gastronomic and regional commercial industries.
These are a type of dates that the Government can be established up to three times a year, as provided by current legislation. This year, this decision was already made on Monday, April 1, on the eve of the Veteran’s Day and those who fell in the Falklands War. Once June 21 passes, the next (and last) tourist long weekend of 2024 will be on Friday, October 11, the day before the celebration of the Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity.
It should be noted that these types of dates are enshrined in the official calendar as holidays, with the same conditions as on days when historical tributes or international days are celebrated. Therefore, in the tourist bridges governs what is established for work on holidays by the Law employment contractmeaning that those who call their employees to their jobs on the 21st must pay them double the amount of a regular day.
Although the rest days of June that culminate with the tourist bridge of the 21st are expected by many, once they pass there will be others holidays of this 2024:
July
August
October
November
December
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