Bank-Holidays 3.9

A world run by bank holidays!

www.bank-holidays.com keeps a list of the days:

* when banks are closed in almost 750 countries & regions.
* when official public holidays are celebrated in almost 750 countries & regions
* when about 200 stock market places are closed
* when schools are closed in about 400 countries & regions
* when elections are held worldwide
* when noteworthy local festivals, carnivals, special events are held worldwide

When it comes to public holidays, globalisation has signally failed to produce a level playing field. (In this, as in much else, you might say – but then that’s the point isn’t it)?

The site also informs you of events which for their own particular reason bring economic activity to a standstill: general strikes, eclipses, and many other factors.

Feeding the database:

Since 1997, the database has been put together with a great deal of patience by the team from EDIT (Easy Does I.T.), an online translation company who has been active since 1993.

A forest of data has been gone through with a fine toothcomb. Now, however, the site's numerous visitors enable us to respond in real time by bringing errors to our attention. Bankers, for example, sometimes protest that their business is open and you'd better believe it! Another source of information on unforeseen holiday dates are tour operators faced with a new local situation. Most of our local translators also participate in updating local observations.

The site currently has an inventory of 800,000 dates (per language -- we carry 16 languages) from now till the year 2070.

Languages

The site is fully operational in French (www.jours-feries.com), English (www.bank-holidays.com), Spanish (www.dias-festivos.com), Italian (www.ferie-nazionali.com), Portuguese (www.feriados.com), Indonesian (www.hari-libur.com), Japanese (www.saijitsu.net), Arabic (www.ayam-alotal.com), Russian (www.prazdniki.net), Chinese (www.shijie-jiari.com and IDN related domain), Turkish (www.tatil-gunleri.com), Polish (www.dni-swiateczne.com), Swedish (www.helgdagar.com), German (www.feiertage-weltweit.com), Thai (www.wanyud-rachagan.com), Korean (www.konghyuil.com).