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Official list of Holidays in Honduras 2016

As every year, we set out to help you plan in advance for your yearly Holidays in Honduras 2016. Although many Honduras holidays are on fixed dates, the most important holidays, such as the Easter Vacations and the October holidays change slightly every year. The dates for Holidays in Honduras 2016 is the following:

January 1st  New Years Day

Easter Week. March 23-26

April 14: Day of the Americas

May 1: Labor Day

September 15th Indepedence Day

October 3. Francisco Morazán’s Birthday. To be celebrated on Wednesday October 5.

October 12. Columbus Day. To be celebrated on Thursday October 6.

October 21. Armed forces Day. To be celebrated on Friday October 7.

December 25th Christmas Day

In addition, the 24th and 31st of December are only to be worked half a day, that is till noon, and the afternoon turns into a holiday to allow people to get home and celebrate Christmas and New Years with their families.

Keep in mind, when traveling around and enjoying your Holidays in Honduras 2016 that reservations are an absolute must during Easter Week or “Semana Santa” This week is the busiest travel week in the country, and hotels, buses and restaurants at the different tourist destinations are usually packed. Also remember that both, local airlines and bus companies stop their services on Good Friday, as well as on Christmas Day and New Years Day. This means that you should plan on not being able to use public transportation on those dates. The same applies for the ferry service between La Ceiba and the Bay Islands of Utila.

Finally, it might be useful to note that different cities have their own local holidays, usually the day of their Patron Saint. As such, for example, La Ceiba has on Holiday on the 15th of May, because that is the day the Catholic Church dedicates to Saint Isidore, San Pedro Sula has a holiday on 29th of June to celebrate de day of Saint Peter, and Tegucigalpa has a holiday on 29th of September in honor of Saint Michael Archangel.

Happy Holidays in Honduras 2016!

Following is a list of the official holidays in Honduras 2015.

January 1st  New Years Day

Easter Week. April 1-5

April 14: Day of the Americas

May 1: Labor Day

September 15th Indepedence Day

October 3. Francisco Morazán’s Birthday. To be celebrated on Wednesday October28.

October 12. Columbus Day. To be celebrated on Thursday October 29.

October 21. Armed forces Day. To be celebrated on Friday October 30.

December 25th Christmas Day

The National Congress of Honduras has passed a decree whereas the three traditional October Holidays are to be moved to the last week in October, so as to promote a National October Holiday from Wednesday through Sunday, with the intention of promoting domestic Tourism.  The first  observance of this long holidays in Honduras took place in 2014 and resulted in a substantial boost of domestic tourism. The official Holidays in Honduras 2015 for October holidays will be from Wednesday October 7th through Sunday October 11th. This extended holiday creates an important movement of domestic tourism that is a boost to usually slow tourism season that goes from September through December.

Because of the traffic generated during these extended holidays in Honduras 2015, you should certainly book your hotels reservations in advance to insure that you have rooms available.

The other season to take into consideration as far as holidays in Honduras 2015 is concerned is Easter Week, known locally as “Semana Santa” This is a traditional extended holiday throughout all of Latin America, the result of the Catholic religion that the Spaniards brought with them to America in the old colonial days. Although Easter Week still has an important religious meaning to it, it has become a synonym of beach vacations, and many, many families head out to the beaches during this season, making it the largest holiday season in the country. Because of this, when planning your holidays in Honduras 2015, make sure you make your reservations well in advance. Also take note that this is probably the most expensive week to take your holidays in Honduras 2015, because it is considered peak season for tourism.