Cambodia is the Champion
Cambodia is the Champion
Which Country Has The Most Public Holidays in A Year?
ASEAN+ December 23, 2018 01:00
By DataLEADS
Asia News Network
All around the world there are many non-working days which are set aside in the lieu of political, cultural and religious events related to that country.
In Asia, Cambodia enjoys the most number of non - working days with 28 public holidays in a year, according to date collected by the World Atlas. The country uses traditional Khmer calendar for the Buddhist holidays and syncs it with solar calendar for other business holidays.
The second spot for most number of holidays is shared by Sri Lanka. The country has around 25 public holidays in a year.
India has third highest number of holidays in Asia with 21 public holidays every year. The holiday calendar is quite diverse based on multi religious and multi-cultural population across the country.
Philippines is at the fourth spot with 18 public holidays a year. Some of the most significant holidays of the year are New Year ’s Eve, Independence Day and Holy week. It is followed by China with 17 holidays a year the significant one being Dragon boat festival, Lantern festival and National day.
Thailand and Pakistan each have 16 holidays per year followed by Japan and Malaysia with 15 holidays each. Indonesia has 14 public holidays in a year.
South Korea has 13 Public holidays in a year. Non-working days in South Korea are known as red days only because those days are marked in red on the calendar. Choseok is the Korean thanksgiving and one of the most significant holidays of the year.
Nepal has 13 holidays per year. Singapore has the least number of holidays with 11 off days per year.
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To my way of thinking public holidays only mean something if you get a paid day off- otherwise, to me, it's not really a holiday if you don't work but don't get paid. Who gets paid for these in the kingdom? government workers? factory workers?
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Think it's 28 paid holidays in the UK + any bank holidays.
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My understanding is that the 28 days can inlude the 8 national holidays as well as your personal vacation so most people get 28 days total.JUDGEDREDD wrote: ↑Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:52 am Think it's 28 paid holidays in the UK + any bank holidays.
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Who actually gets all these days off though? Government and bank workers only?
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