Overview
- The 2026 national holiday schedule remains unofficial pending an executive decree, despite widespread provisional lists.
- Los Andes reports Carnival will fall on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 February, creating a four-day weekend starting Saturday 15.
- El Tribuno lists Carnival as Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 February and outlines a provisional total of 16 holidays, with 12 fixed and 4 movable under transfer rules to form long weekends.
- Ámbito highlights a local observance on January 6 for Banco Provincia employees in El Dorado, noting it is not a nationwide holiday.
- Coverage frames Carnival as the first long weekend of 2026 and a key driver for domestic trips to the Atlantic Coast, Córdoba, Misiones, Mendoza, Salta and Jujuy, Bariloche and Puerto Madryn.