Posted in Travel Info on Oct 16th, 2007
Public Holidays in Jordan for 2007 and 2008. Official weekend for Jordan is Friday.
2007
1 Jan New Year’s Day.
20 Jan Muharram (Islamic New Year).
30 Jan King Abdullah II’s Birthday.
31 Mar Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad pbuh.
6 Apr Good Friday.
9 Apr Easter Monday.
1 May Labour Day.
25 May Independence Day.
10 Jun Army Day.
11 Aug Prophet’s Ascension.
13 Sep Ramadan [...]
Posted in Travel Info on Oct 8th, 2007
Japan will start imposing fingerprinting and photographing to all foreigners who are entering Japan starting from next month. All foreigners aged 16 or older will be photographed and electronically fingerprinted when they enter Japan. This measures has been approved by the parliament last year and will be impleted as soon as November 20 [...]
Posted in Travel Info on Oct 8th, 2007
This is what we called the caring government. Eventhough the public buses are not being used by the majority of Emiratis, a total of 815 bus stops will be installed with air conditioning system at a costs of $57millions. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has started the project which will be implemented in three [...]
Posted in Travel Info on Oct 7th, 2007
Saudi Arabia does have many days of official public holidays. Only Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Saudi National Day are being gazetted by the Government. During Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the duration may last anything from two to 10 days, depending on the region. During Hajj (when pilgrims visit Mecca) all government establishments and [...]
Posted in Travel Info on Oct 6th, 2007
Below is the list of public holidays in United Arab Emirates for year 2007 and 2008. The duration for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha will be varied from 2 days to 10 days depending on the region.In United Arab Emirates, official weekend is on Friday.
Public Holidays in 2007
1 Jan New Year’s Day.
20 Jan Al-Hijra (Islamic [...]