Singapore Holiday & Travel

Asian visitors to New Zealand drops amid influenza A(H1N1) fears
The number of Asian tourists visiting New Zealand has plummeted due to swine flu fears, officials said Tuesday. The numbers of visitors from China, Japan and South Korea fell by half in June compared with the same month last year as the influenza A(H1N1) virus spread [...]

Singapore National Day is observed yearly to celebrate Singapore’s Independence on 9 August 1965.
Singapore celebrated its first National Day in 1966, one year after Singapore’s independence from Malaysia.
This year, the 44th birthday of Singapore falls on Sunday, 9 August 2009, with this year theme is “Come Together – Reaching Out, Reaching Up”
As the National Day [...]

Here is list of public holiday dates in Brazil 2010 calendar. Please note that this is not a confirmed dates.
List of Brazil Public Holidays Year 2010
New Year’s Day
Ano Novo – Celebrates beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. Festivities include counting down to midnight (12:00 AM) on the preceding night, New Year’s Eve. Traditional [...]

India Public Holidays 2010 Calendar
India, being a multicultural and multireligious society, celebrates holidays and festivals of various religions. There are only three secular holidays which are observed universally/nationally
in India, that is Republic Day, Independence Day, and Gandhi Jayanti.
States and regions have local festivals depending on prevalent religious and linguistic demographics.
Popular religious festivals include the [...]

Here is the list of Indonesia Public Holidays for year 2010.
Update: Official Indonesia Public Holiday 2010 Calendar released.
While we are still waiting for the official announcement / release from the government, we hope that this calendar is good enough to make some planning and book the cheap/free tickets. No promise on the accuracy though.
List [...]

China Public Holidays 2010 Calendar
Here is the list of public holidays observed in China. You may note that some falls on Saturday or Sunday. This is norm in the seven working days China.
Majority of the public holidays are traditional holidays, some dating back to pre-Civil war era. The only international holidays observed here are New [...]

1 January 2009
International New Year’s Day – The celebration of New Year’s Eve has become more and more popular in Cambodia, and although not an official holiday, January 1 may as well be.
7 January 2009
Victory over Genocide Day – This national holiday commemorates Vietnamese-backed troops taking the capital from the Khmer Rouge in [...]

January 1 New Year
Thursday 1 January 2009 – Friday 2 January 2009

1st day of 1st lunar month Chinese New Year
Sunday 25 January 2009 – Saturday 31 January 2009

5th Solar Term (April 4th or April 5th) Qing Ming Festival
Monday 6 April 2009

May 1 Labor Day
Friday 1 May 2009

5th day of 5th [...]

The following table indicates declared Indonesian government national holidays for year 2009 only – cultural variants also provide opportunity for holidays tied to local events. Beside official holiday, there are the so-called “libur bersama” or “cuti bersama”, or joint holiday(s) declared nationwide by the government. Please notice that there are two Islamic New Year in [...]

Ministry of Manpower has confirmed the Singapore Public Holidays for 2010. Please note that based on this new calendar, the previous calendar we released was not accurate.
SINGAPORE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2010
The dates for the 11 specified public holidays for 2010 are as follows:

New Year’s Day

Friday

1 January 2010

Chinese New Year

Sunday*
Monday

14 February 2010
15 [...]