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General Villegas Secures July 28 Holiday and Argentina Prepares Three-Day Weekend in August

With a municipality decree setting July 28 as a non-laborable day for General Villegas’s 139th anniversary, President Milei’s government has designated August 15 as a tourism break to spur domestic travel.

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Overview

  • General Villegas’s local government decreed July 28 a non-laborable day for municipal public administration to commemorate its 139th foundation anniversary.
  • Banks, industry, commerce and other private sectors may choose whether to observe the July 28 holiday, as it is optional for non-public entities.
  • A presidential decree sets Friday, August 15 as a national non-laborable tourism day for the Paso a la Inmortalidad del General José de San Martín.
  • The August tourism day creates a three-day weekend from Friday through Sunday without extending to the following Monday despite industry calls for a four-day break.
  • These measures align with the 2025 holiday calendar that scrapped traditional puente feriados in favor of three optional tourism days—May 2, August 15 and November 21—to encourage domestic travel.