Guatemala Public Holidays 2022

 
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A preview of the Guatemala bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2022, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers.

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12 Oct 2018 Guatemalan Public Holiday October 22 (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) The Guatemalan Government has confirmed that the Law of Internal Tourism, gazetted on Wednesday, takes effect immediately, and not on January 1, 2019, and therefore that the upcoming October 20 annual public holiday of Guatemala will be moved to Monday, October 22, 2018. • 11 Oct 2018 Guatemalan Public Holidays Revision Gazetted (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) The recently-voted Law of Internal Tourism which mandates that that the May 1st, June 30th and October 20th, annual public holidays, when falling on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays or Sundays, should be moved to the working day immediately before or after the weekend, has been gazetted as the Decreto 19-2018. • 10 Oct 2018 Guatemalan Bank Holidays October 12 and 19 (Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala-Guatemala City) The supervisory body in charge of the banking sector in Guatemala (the Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala) has announced that bank holidays would be observed in Guatemala on Wednesday, October 12 and Wednesday, October 19, 2018, in conjunction with the annual, Día de la Unidad Nacional and Día de la Revolución non-working public holidays of Guatemala. • 26 Sep 2018 Guatemalan Public Holidays Revision Approved (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) The Guatemalan Assembly has finally approved the Law of Internal Tourism which mandates that that the May 1st, June 30th and October 20th, annual public holidays, when falling on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays or Sundays, should be moved to the working day immediately before or after the weekend. • 13 Sep 2018 Guatemalan Bank Holiday September 14 (Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala-Guatemala City) The supervisory body in charge of the banking sector in Guatemala (the Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala) has announced that a day in lieu bank holiday would be observed in Guatemala on Friday, September 14, 2018, in conjunction with the annual, Aniversario de la Independencia Patria non-working public holiday of Guatemala. • 12 Sep 2018 Guatemalan 2018 Public Holidays Amended (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) The Guatemalan President, Jimmy Morales, has declared a one-off non-working public sector holiday in Guatemala on Friday, September 14, 2018. • 09 Aug 2018 Guatemalan Mulls Public Holidays Revision (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) The Guatemalan Government has submitted for accelerated consideration a Law of Internal Tourism which mandates that that public holidays falling on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays or Sundays, should be moved to the working day immediately before or after the weekend. • 27 Jun 2018 Guatemalan Bank Holidays June 29 and July 2 (Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala-Guatemala City) The supervisory body in charge of the banking sector in Guatemala (the Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala) has announced that a day in lieu bank holiday would be observed in Guatemala on Friday, June 29, 2018, in conjunction with the annual, Día del Empleado Bancario bank holiday of Guatemala, as well as of the annual Día del Ejército non-working public holiday in Guatemala. • 13 Mar 2018 Guatemala Electoral Public Holiday April 16 (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) Guatemalan vice-president, Jafeth Cabrera, has confirmed that the Guatemalan government has declared Monday, April 16, 2018, as a one-off non-working public sector holiday in Guatemala on account of the upcoming elections. • 13 Jan 2018 Guatemalan 2018 Public Holidays Announced (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) The Guatemalan Government has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Guatemala for the calendar year 2018. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Guatemala 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: The official public holidays of Guatemala are specified and regulated by article 127 of the 2002 Código de Trabajo (Labour Code). • Assumption Day is only a public holiday in Guatemala City. • Guatemala International Codes GT and GTM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .gt (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Guatemala information and news: Bank of Guatemala (Guatemala central bank), UnitedHealthcare Global (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Guatemala maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Guatemala), and Wikipedia (includes Guatemala commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Guatemala, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

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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 2022 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Guatemala, 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 Guatemala, before planning any trip to Guatemala. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.

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