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Bank and Public Holidays for Tonga

Tonga bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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23 Mar 2012 (Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications-Nuku'alofa) Tonga's Ministry of Information and Communications has issued a communiqué announcing that, following the death of King Tupou V, Monday and Tuesday, March 26 and 27, 2012, had been declared as additional non-working public holidays throughout Tonga. • 06 Jan 2012 (Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications-Nuku'alofa) Tonga's Ministry of Information and Communications has issued a communiqué announcing the official list of non-working public holidays in Tonga for the calendar year 2012. • 03 Nov 2011 (Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications-Nuku'alofa) Tonga's Prime Minister's Office has issued a communiqué announcing that the upcoming, November 4, Tonga National Day - Constitution Day, public holiday would be observed as a non-working public holiday on Monday, November 7, 2011. • 28 Jul 2011 (Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications-Nuku'alofa) The Tongan Prime Minister's office in Nuku'alofa has announced that King George Tupou V's official birthday will be celebrated with a public holiday on Monday, August 1, 2011. • 30 May 2011 (Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications-Nuku'alofa) The government of Tonga has announced that the date of the upcoming Emancipation Day public holiday would be Monday, June 6, 2011, instead of Friday, June 4, 2011. • 01 Jun 2010 (Tonga Chamber of Commerce-Nuku'alofa) The government of Tonga has announced that the recently gazetted "Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2010" (Act No. 10 of 2010) would take effect immediately, meaning that the date of the upcoming Emancipation Day public holiday will be Monday, June 7, 2010, instead of the previously announced date of Friday, June 4, 2010. • 19 May 2010 (The Information Unit-Prime Minister's Office) Tonga's recently-passed "Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2010" (Act No. 10 of 2010) has been signed into law by Princess Salote Pilolevu Tuita. • 08 Apr 2010 (Parliament of Tonga-Nuku'alofa) The Tongan Legislative Assembly has passed the "Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2010" (Act No. 10 of 2010) which moves the date of some of Tonga's official public holidays, when they fall in the middle of the week, to the nearest Monday. • 23 Jul 2009 (Matangi Tonga) Tonga's Privy Council has declared Monday, August 3, 2009, as a day in lieu public holiday to commemorate HM King George Tupou V's 61st birthday, which falls on a annually on August 1st. • 11 Jul 2007 (Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association-Suva) Tomorrow, Thursday, July 12, 2009, Tonga will celebrate its new July 12 public holiday for the first time. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Tonga public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Tonga are regulated by the Public Holidays Act [Cap 51] (Act No. 8 of 1919, 11 of 1970, 18 of 1988), as most-recently amended in 2006 and 2007, following the death of King Tupou IV. • Weekend Public Holidays: When public holidays fall on a Sunday, they are observed on the following Monday. When they fall on a Saturday, they are not observed on any other day. • As of 2007, the public holidays previously observed on May 4 and July 4 were cancelled, and 2 new public holidays were decreed, on July 12 and August 1 . • In 2006, Tonga's government decreed that the November 4 public holiday, previously called Constitution Day, was to be designated as Tonga National Day . • Tonga International Codes TO and TON (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .to (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Tonga information and news: National Reserve Bank of Tonga (Tonga central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Tonga maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Tonga), and Wikipedia (includes Tonga commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Tonga, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Tonga, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Tonga. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Tonga, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Tonga, before planning any trip to Tonga. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.