Holidays & Festivals

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We love them and we’d love them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s exhaustive list.
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Date 2008 Occasion
January 1 New Year's Day  
January 10 Islamic New Year
January 12 Arbor Day
March 20 Prophet's Birthday
May 1 Labour Day
May 25 Independence Day
August 9 Accession of HM Abdullah
August 11 Ascension of Mohammed
June 10 Army Day
October 1 Eid Al Fitr*  
November 14 Birthday of Late King Hussein
December 20 Eid Al Adha
December 25 Christmas (Christians only)
December 31 New Year's Eve
Weekend - Friday, Saturday
Some Christian businesses may close on Sunday afternoon