Argentina - October touristic public holiday missing

[martingra]

Affected country

Argentina

Affected public holiday

October touristic public holiday

Source of the information

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/feriados-nacionales-2024

More information

There are 3 public holidays that are included into the calendar by law. This is one of those 3 (11 October)

[tinohager]

According to the legal text, up to 3 additional public holidays can be defined each year. However, I do not read from the text that these are fixed holidays. This means that they have to be added every year. Do I understand this correctly?

https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/301434/20231229

WHEREAS, Law No. 27,399 empowers the NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH to set up to THREE (3) holidays or non-working days per year to promote tourism, which shall coincide with Mondays or Fridays.
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Que, asimismo, la referida Ley N° 27.399 faculta al PODER EJECUTIVO NACIONAL a fijar anualmente hasta TRES (3) días feriados o no laborables destinados a promover la actividad turística, que deberán coincidir con los días lunes o viernes.

[martingra]

That's correct. There are up to 3 holidays added each year, depending on the holiday calendar and the political decision for that year. For 2024, the 3 additional holidays have been set for April 1st, June 21st, and October 11th, as you can see here in purple https://www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/feriados-nacionales-2024

[tinohager]

This means that the public holidays must be entered manually every year. The basic idea of this project was the automated calculation based on a set of rules. That's why I'm not a big fan of these special holidays :( As a result, we run into an inaccuracy year after year.

[martingra]

Yes, it is true. These holidays are determined at the beginning of each year and there is no rule to anticipate them, but they are still legal holidays. If they are not included, then the information is not 100% accurate :(