September Report 2018 Contents
Tax Free Trends
Summary 03
Tax Free Sales Trends 05
Tax Free Sales by Destination and Source 06
Top 5 Visitor Nations per Destination Country 08
Currency Trends 10
Arrivals Forecast
Europe Overview 12
France 13
United Kingdom 14
Italy 15
Spain 16
Germany 17
Austria 18
Finland 19
International Holiday Calendar 20
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 2 Shopping & Arrivals Growth Summary - September 2018
Top 5 Destination Markets -1% Tax Free Vouchers/ Avg. Transaction Arrival Total Sales Sales Turnover Transaction Values (ATV) Numbers
France +11% +3% +8% +5% United Kingdom -8% -10% +2% +0% -7% Italy +1% -6% +8% +3% Total Vouchers Spain -18% -10% -9% -3% Germany +1% -5% +6% -1%
Top 5 Source Markets Tax Free Vouchers/ Avg. Transaction Arrival +7% Sales Turnover Transaction Values (ATV) Numbers Total ATV China +8% -1% +9% +6% USA +19% +6% +13% +5% Russia -24% -20% -5% -10% +1% Saudi Arabia -27% -30% +4% -31% Total Arrivals Taiwan +48% +8% +37% +14%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 3 Shopping & Arrivals Growth Summary - YTD
Top 5 Destination Markets -3% Tax Free Vouchers/ Avg. Transaction Arrival Total Sales Sales Turnover Transaction Values (ATV) Numbers
France +1% -4% +5% +5% United Kingdom -12% -12% -0% +2% -8% Italy +6% +3% +2% +6% Total Vouchers Spain -11% -13% +3% +1% Germany -5% -8% +4% -0%
Top 5 Source Markets Tax Free Vouchers/ Avg. Transaction Arrival +6% Sales Turnover Transaction Values (ATV) Numbers Total ATV China +4% -6% +11% +3% USA +7% +1% +6% +5% Russia -18% -16% -2% -7% +3% Hong Kong -7% -10% +4% +4% Total Arrivals Taiwan +8% -5% +13% +5%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 4 Tax Free Shopping Sales Trends – September 2018
Overview European Travel Commission After encouraging signals of a return to growth at the start reports that EU-China Tourism of the second half of 2018, Tax Free shopping sales saw a modest decline of 1% in September following a 2% decline Year is delivering intended growth in August. The European Travel Commission has reported that the Depreciation among major currencies across the globe region is reaping the intended rewards of a strategic initiative in recent months continued to affect the spending power to promote Europe as a destination to Chinese tourists. The of international tourists, with the exception of American report is based on data from our partners at Forward Keys, travellers whose dollars went further in Europe after highlighting a 4% increase in arrivals from China across the continued currency gains continued to positively influence first eight months of 2018, with 9.5% growth from January to sales to them. April and a 2.2% increase from May to August. Of the major destination markets, France posted the The impact of currency fluctuations, trade wars and strongest growth in September, while a significant spike in narrowing price differentials will likely have led to the sales this time last year has led to comparatively subdued slower rate of growth from May to August, though the report growth rates in Spain and Italy. predicts a bounceback in arrivals with a 4.7% increase expected in the final third of the year – outstripping the 3.6% growth forecast in Chinese travel to the rest of the world. In Northern Europe, Ireland and Denmark are expected Y/Y Sales Growth to enjoy arrivals growth of 28% and 12%, respectively. In 2017 2018 Western Europe, Austria and Belgium are expected to see 30% respective growths of 20% and 14%. In Southern Europe, 25% Croatia, Cyprus and Greece are predicted to post gains of 66%, 13% and 14% respectively, while the Central and Eastern 20% European destinations of Estonia, Bulgaria and Hungary are 15% all expected to see gains in excess of 20%.
10% Whilst this is encouraging news, recent reports of Chinese border authorities’ tightening inspections of goods bought 5% overseas, and subsequently levying hefty customs on luxury 0% products will potentially affect Chinese consumption. However, it might be premature to assess the impact of -5% this latest development, particularly given these actions -10% are largely aimed at the practice known as ‘Daigou’, which is JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC estimated to represent c.1.5% of global luxury sales.
September Report 2018 Sales Performance - September 2018
By Destination By Source Market
FRA +10.5% CHN +8.0%
GBR -8.2% USA +19.5%
ITA +1.2% RUS -23.8%
ESP -18.1% SAU -27.0%
DEU +0.7% TWN +47.7%
AUT +2.9% KWT -12.7%
IRL +4.5% UAE +2.2%
CZE -14.1% HKG +13.3%
PRT -11.5% KOR +24.8%
CHE +2.1% QAT -3.6%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 6 Sales Performance - YTD
By Destination By Source Market
FRA +1.3% CHN +3.9%
GBR -12.5% USA +7.3%
ITA +5.5% RUS -18.0%
ESP -10.6% HKG -6.6%
DEU -5.0% TWN -7.6%
AUT +12.3% KOR -4.2%
IRL -2.4% UAE -10.6%
CZE -9.1% THA -0.5%
PRT -11.8% KWT -11.5%
CHE +8.8% SAU -9.3%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 7 Top 5 Visitor Nations per Destination Country – September 2018
Top 5 Share ATV Y/Y Sales Top 5 Share ATV Y/Y Sales FRA CHINA 32% € 1,648 21% AUT CHINA 29% € 563 12% USA 10% € 1,315 30% RUSSIA 7% € 464 -13% TAIWAN 6% € 2,227 111% TAIWAN 7% € 604 32% SOUTH KOREA 5% € 728 24% SWITZERLAND 6% € 385 -8% HONG KONG 5% € 3,617 5% USA 5% € 667 23%
GBR CHINA 27% € 367 -10% IRL USA 43% € 113 14% KUWAIT 8% € 376 -16% CHINA 28% € 385 -7% SAUDI ARABIA 8% € 375 -32% CANADA 6% € 93 15% USA 7% € 365 14% AUSTRALIA 5% € 175 14% UAE 7% € 604 7% HONG KONG 2% € 452 177%
ITA CHINA 32% € 1,099 19% CZE CHINA 34% € 387 -0% USA 14% € 1,107 12% TAIWAN 14% € 228 -4% RUSSIA 10% € 763 -18% RUSSIA 12% € 315 -45% TAIWAN 3% € 1,224 4% USA 7% € 432 24% SOUTH KOREA 3% € 773 42% SOUTH KOREA 6% € 190 -10%
ESP CHINA 17% € 510 -13% PRT CHINA 25% € 2,128 9% RUSSIA 16% € 335 -27% ANGOLA 21% € 383 -29% USA 7% € 501 4% BRAZIL 13% € 399 -50% ARGENTINA 5% € 196 -47% QATAR 6% € 11,733 4,160% MOROCCO 4% € 256 -26% USA 5% € 1,224 26%
DEU CHINA 42% € 747 5% CHE CHINA 17% € 1,423 6% RUSSIA 6% € 525 -18% UAE 13% € 1,584 -8% KUWAIT 5% € 544 -14% KUWAIT 13% € 1,465 1% UAE 5% € 762 -7% SAUDI ARABIA 11% € 1,391 -14% TAIWAN 5% € 460 30% QATAR 9% € 2,118 73%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 8 Top 5 Visitor Nations per Destination Country – YTD
Top 5 Share ATV Y/Y Sales Top 5 Share ATV Y/Y Sales FRA CHINA 34% € 1,741 10% AUT CHINA 29% € 613 31% USA 9% € 1,326 17% RUSSIA 11% € 428 -10% HONG KONG 7% € 4,244 -11% SWITZERLAND 8% € 413 -9% SOUTH KOREA 5% € 742 -11% TAIWAN 7% € 656 20% TAIWAN 5% € 2,047 18% THAILAND 4% € 702 62%
GBR CHINA 26% € 401 -13% IRL CHINA 37% € 407 -12% USA 7% € 374 -13% USA 35% € 115 11% KUWAIT 6% € 351 -15% CANADA 4% € 99 14% UAE 5% € 577 -10% AUSTRALIA 3% € 147 -7% HONG KONG 5% € 399 -7% MALAYSIA 2% € 324 18%
ITA CHINA 29% € 1,120 13% CZE CHINA 24% € 353 6% USA 12% € 1,070 20% RUSSIA 23% € 360 -31% RUSSIA 10% € 766 -10% TAIWAN 16% € 230 9% TAIWAN 5% € 1,247 -2% SOUTH KOREA 6% € 193 -21% SOUTH KOREA 4% € 793 41% USA 5% € 481 7%
ESP CHINA 28% € 693 -3% PRT CHINA 34% € 2,046 3% RUSSIA 8% € 358 -22% BRAZIL 18% € 356 -26% USA 8% € 575 -7% ANGOLA 17% € 376 -30% ARGENTINA 5% € 231 -31% USA 3% € 616 -17% MEXICO 4% € 394 -6% RUSSIA 3% € 306 -33%
DEU CHINA 36% € 658 -7% CHE CHINA 23% € 1,328 29% RUSSIA 9% € 534 -12% UAE 8% € 1,816 -1% UAE 5% € 774 -19% RUSSIA 7% € 1,358 -17% TAIWAN 4% € 451 0% USA 6% € 1,366 34% THAILAND 4% € 971 -3% SAUDI ARABIA 5% € 1,535 -2%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 9 Currency vs Euro & GBP: Top Source Markets
Currency movements: Last 52 Weeks
CNY > EUR RUB > EUR CNY > GBP
8.1 82 9.1
8.0 80 9.0
7.9 78 8.9
7.8 76 8.8
7.7 74 8.7
7.6 72 8.6
7.5 70 8.5
7.4 68 8.4
7.3 66 8.3
USD > EUR HKD > EUR USD > GBP
1.26 9.8 1.45
1.24 9.6 1.40 1.22 9.4 1.35 1.20 9.2 1.18 1.30 9.0 1.16 1.25 8.8 1.14
1.12 8.6 1.20
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 10 Arrivals Forecast
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September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 11 Europe TOTAL GBR FIN
Overview OCT-DEC 17 +10.9% OCT-DEC 17 +8.9% OCT-DEC 17 +18.9%
Destination Market Insights OCT-DEC 18 +2.8% OCT-DEC 18 +5.5% OCT-DEC 18 -2.5% A 2.8% increase in non-EU tourist arrivals is expected across Europe in the final quarter of 2018, marking a significant decrease on the 10.9% growth seen in the same period in 2017. DEU With the exception of Finland and Germany, all destination markets are predicted to experience growth during OCT-DEC 17 +8.3% this period, with Austria and Italy expected to post the strongest gains, with forecasted growth of 7.1% and 6.6%, respectively. While the rate of gains appears muted when OCT-DEC 18 -2.9% compared with the same period last year, opportunities for sales growth continue to look positive for retailers. Source Market Insights AUT
The continued strengthening of the US dollar coincided with a 19% year-on-year increase in sales to American OCT-DEC 17 +6.3% tourists in September. The growth, compared to the comparatively lower 5% increase in arrival numbers, demonstrates the increase in purchasing power among OCT-DEC 18 +7.1% these tourists. This is also reflected in the 14% increase in American tourists predicted for the October through to December period of 2018 – a four percentage point increase on the same period last year. ESP FRA ITA Despite the fact that the yuan renminbi has demonstrated a degree of weakness in recent months, the predicted 5% OCT-DEC 17 OCT-DEC 17 OCT-DEC 17 increase in Chinese tourists predicted across the fourth +11.4% +15.3% +10.8% quarter continues to provide ample opportunity to retailers. This increase is boosted by forecasted growth rates of 24%, 12% and 8% among Chinese arrivals in Austria, Spain and OCT-DEC 18 +4.1% OCT-DEC 18 +0.3% OCT-DEC 18 +6.6% the UK, respectively.
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 12 3 Month Arrivals RUS CHN HNG Outlook - France OCT-DEC 17 +22.1% OCT-DEC 17 +14.4% OCT-DEC 17 +13.5% OCT-DEC 18 -10.4% OCT-DEC 18 +3.9% OCT-DEC 18 +9.3%
USA KOR
OCT-DEC 17 +17.5% OCT-DEC 17 +12.2%
OCT-DEC 18 +14.1% OCT-DEC 18 +5.6%
BRA JPN
OCT-DEC 17 +33.0% OCT-DEC 17 +13.6%
OCT-DEC 18 -8.3% OCT-DEC 18 +27.5%
KUW TWN
OCT-DEC 17 +47.8% OCT-DEC 17 +17.4%
OCT-DEC 18 -0.8% OCT-DEC 18 +17.6%
SAU QAT UAE IND THA AUS
OCT-DEC 17 +2.9% OCT-DEC 17 +13.9% OCT-DEC 17 +7.2% OCT-DEC 17 +20.2% OCT-DEC 17 +22.9% OCT-DEC 17 +31.7%
OCT-DEC 18 +12.4% OCT-DEC 18 +2.6% OCT-DEC 18 -1.4% OCT-DEC 18 +9.6% OCT-DEC 18 +48.9% OCT-DEC 18 +4.1%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 13 3 Month Arrivals RUS CHN HNG Outlook - UK OCT-DEC 17 +14.4% OCT-DEC 17 -0.2% OCT-DEC 17 -1.1% OCT-DEC 18 -14.2% OCT-DEC 18 +8.4% OCT-DEC 18 +3.2%
USA KOR
OCT-DEC 17 +1.6% OCT-DEC 17 +16.5%
OCT-DEC 18 +15.1% OCT-DEC 18 +13.8%
BRA JPN
OCT-DEC 17 +11.6% OCT-DEC 17 -3.6%
OCT-DEC 18 +6.1% OCT-DEC 18 +23.6%
KUW TWN
OCT-DEC 17 +35.3% OCT-DEC 17 +16.2%
OCT-DEC 18 +11.2% OCT-DEC 18 -0.8%
SAU QAT UAE IND THA AUS
OCT-DEC 17 +1.8% OCT-DEC 17 +11.8% OCT-DEC 17 +10.1% OCT-DEC 17 +6.2% OCT-DEC 17 +21.8% OCT-DEC 17 +36.7%
OCT-DEC 18 +34.3% OCT-DEC 18 +5.1% OCT-DEC 18 +2.0% OCT-DEC 18 +8.3% OCT-DEC 18 +3.2% OCT-DEC 18 -2.2%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 14 3 Month Arrivals RUS CHN HNG Outlook - Italy OCT-DEC 17 +8.3% OCT-DEC 17 +18.1% OCT-DEC 17 +7.6% OCT-DEC 18 -11.4% OCT-DEC 18 +2.2% OCT-DEC 18 +18.5%
USA KOR
OCT-DEC 17 +16.1% OCT-DEC 17 +25.3%
OCT-DEC 18 +19.0% OCT-DEC 18 +18.9%
BRA JPN
OCT-DEC 17 +3.7% OCT-DEC 17 -8.8%
OCT-DEC 18 +9.4% OCT-DEC 18 +8.4%
KUW TWN
OCT-DEC 17 +45.8% OCT-DEC 17 +38.7%
OCT-DEC 18 -9.6% OCT-DEC 18 -11.2%
SAU QAT UAE IND THA AUS
OCT-DEC 17 +11.7% OCT-DEC 17 -11.5% OCT-DEC 17 -2.2% OCT-DEC 17 +29.3% OCT-DEC 17 +20.8% OCT-DEC 17 +39.2%
OCT-DEC 18 -7.8% OCT-DEC 18 -12.9% OCT-DEC 18 -8.1% OCT-DEC 18 +7.9% OCT-DEC 18 +47.9% OCT-DEC 18 +0.2%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 15 3 Month Arrivals RUS CHN HNG Outlook - Spain OCT-DEC 17 +9.4% OCT-DEC 17 +4.4% OCT-DEC 17 +41.9% OCT-DEC 18 -0.1% OCT-DEC 18 +12.1% OCT-DEC 18 -6.5%
USA KOR
OCT-DEC 17 +18.4% OCT-DEC 17 -0.5%
OCT-DEC 18 +14.5% OCT-DEC 18 +27.1%
BRA JPN
OCT-DEC 17 +4.7% OCT-DEC 17 -14.5%
OCT-DEC 18 -0.7% OCT-DEC 18 +21.7%
KUW TWN
OCT-DEC 17 -11.8% OCT-DEC 17 +12.5%
OCT-DEC 18 +3.3% OCT-DEC 18 +12.5%
SAU QAT UAE IND THA AUS
OCT-DEC 17 -11.2% OCT-DEC 17 -27.1% OCT-DEC 17 -1.8% OCT-DEC 17 +0.9% OCT-DEC 17 +46.7% OCT-DEC 17 +41.4%
OCT-DEC 18 +1.9% OCT-DEC 18 +0.6% OCT-DEC 18 -7.0% OCT-DEC 18 +25.7% OCT-DEC 18 -8.8% OCT-DEC 18 -2.8%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 16 3 Month Arrivals RUS CHN HNG Outlook - Germany OCT-DEC 17 +9.1% OCT-DEC 17 +7.5% OCT-DEC 17 +2.6% OCT-DEC 18 -12.6% OCT-DEC 18 +1.2% OCT-DEC 18 -5.8%
USA KOR
OCT-DEC 17 +5.2% OCT-DEC 17 +22.5%
OCT-DEC 18 +6.0% OCT-DEC 18 +6.7%
BRA JPN
OCT-DEC 17 +0.8% OCT-DEC 17 +5.6%
OCT-DEC 18 -9.0% OCT-DEC 18 +11.1%
KUW TWN
OCT-DEC 17 +17.1% OCT-DEC 17 -1.8%
OCT-DEC 18 -1.6% OCT-DEC 18 +3.8%
SAU QAT UAE IND THA AUS
OCT-DEC 17 +1.7% OCT-DEC 17 +1.8% OCT-DEC 17 +4.9% OCT-DEC 17 +14.7% OCT-DEC 17 +49.2% OCT-DEC 17 +30.4%
OCT-DEC 18 -5.2% OCT-DEC 18 -8.3% OCT-DEC 18 -15.6% OCT-DEC 18 -13.5% OCT-DEC 18 +3.0% OCT-DEC 18 -1.7%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 17 3 Month Arrivals RUS CHN HNG Outlook - Austria OCT-DEC 17 +3.9% OCT-DEC 17 +15.8% OCT-DEC 17 +49.0% OCT-DEC 18 -15.2% OCT-DEC 18 +23.8% OCT-DEC 18 -8.3%
USA KOR
OCT-DEC 17 +0.0% OCT-DEC 17 +33.3%
OCT-DEC 18 +14.4% OCT-DEC 18 +5.7%
BRA JPN
OCT-DEC 17 -7.1% OCT-DEC 17 +2.9%
OCT-DEC 18 -0.6% OCT-DEC 18 +2.7%
KUW TWN
OCT-DEC 17 +11.3% OCT-DEC 17 +63.0%
OCT-DEC 18 +17.0% OCT-DEC 18 +32.5%
SAU QAT UAE IND THA AUS
OCT-DEC 17 -1.0% OCT-DEC 17 -25.0% OCT-DEC 17 +6.1% OCT-DEC 17 -1.2% OCT-DEC 17 +154.3% OCT-DEC 17 +34.8%
OCT-DEC 18 +12.4% OCT-DEC 18 +23.0% OCT-DEC 18 -6.0% OCT-DEC 18 +23.3% OCT-DEC 18 +80.8% OCT-DEC 18 +1.0%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 18 3 Month Arrivals RUS CHN HNG Outlook - Finland OCT-DEC 17 +28.4% OCT-DEC 17 +32.6% OCT-DEC 17 +18.6% OCT-DEC 18 -19.1% OCT-DEC 18 -3.9% OCT-DEC 18 -4.9%
USA KOR
OCT-DEC 17 +11.2% OCT-DEC 17 +14.4%
OCT-DEC 18 +21.9% OCT-DEC 18 -0.7%
BRA JPN
OCT-DEC 17 +15.1% OCT-DEC 17 +12.7%
OCT-DEC 18 +8.2% OCT-DEC 18 -8.4%
KUW TWN
OCT-DEC 17 +38.5% OCT-DEC 17 +49.6%
OCT-DEC 18 -11.1% OCT-DEC 18 -4.2%
SAU QAT UAE IND THA AUS
OCT-DEC 17 +8.9% OCT-DEC 17 -4.4% OCT-DEC 17 -0.6% OCT-DEC 17 +34.4% OCT-DEC 17 +33.4% OCT-DEC 17 +95.5%
OCT-DEC 18 -8.7% OCT-DEC 18 -18.5% OCT-DEC 18 -13.8% OCT-DEC 18 -0.6% OCT-DEC 18 -6.1% OCT-DEC 18 -0.1%
September Report 2018 Planet Intelligence | 19 International Holiday Calendar 2018
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1-2 New Year’s Holiday 16-21 Spring Festival - 5 Qing Ming Jie 1 Labour Day 18 Dragon Boat Festival 24 Mid-Autumn Festival 1 National Day Chinese New Year 2-7 Golden Week Holiday CHN
1 New Year’s Day 23 Defence of the 8 Women’s Day 12 National Day 4-6 Unity Day Holiday 7 Orthodox Xmas Day Fatherland Day RUS
36 Republic Day 13 Maha Shivaratri 25 Rama Navami 30 Buddha Purnima 15 Independence Day 3 Janmashtami 19 Dussehra 7 Diwali / Deepavali 25 Christmas Day 29 Mahavir Jayanti 22 Bakr Id / Eid ul-Adha 21 Muharram / Ashura 21 Milad un-Nabi 30 Good Friday 23 Guru Nanak Jayanti IND
1 New Year’s Day 10-14 Carnival 30 Good Friday 21 Tiradentes Day 1 Labour Day / May Day 7 Independence Day 12 Our Lady Aparecida 2 All Soul’s Day 24 Christmas Eve 31 Corpus Christi Day / Childeren’s Day 15 Republic 25 Christmas Day 28 Public Service Proclamation Day 31 New Years Eve BRA Holiday
1 New Year’s Day 11 Revolution Day (Iran) 20 Oil Nationalisation 1 Islamic Republic Day 1 Labour Day / May Day 4 Anniversary of 23 Renaissance Day 21 Arafat Day (UAE) 1 Waqfat Arafat Day 3 Iraqi Independence 21 Mouloud - Prophet’s 1 Prophet’s Birthday 6 Army Day (Iraq) 25 Kuwaiti National Day Day (Iran) (Iran) (Iraq / Bahrain) Khomeni’s Death (Iran) (Oman) 21 Eid-e-Ghorban (Iran) (Kuwait) Day Birthday (UAE). (Kuwait) 26 Liberation Day 21-24 Perian New Year 2 Nature Day (Iran) 2 Israel Independence 15-17 Eid-al-Fitr (UAE) 22-26 Eid-al-Adha 2-4 Eid-al-Adha (Kuwait 5-11 Sukkot (Israel) 21 Prophet 2 National Day (UAE) MID (Kuwait) (Iran) 11-17 Pesach I (First day Day) 24-29 Eid-al-Fitr / Saudi Arabia) 12 Simchat Torah Muhammad’s Birthday 16-17 National Day EAST 30 Birthday of Imam of Passover - Israel) 31 Pentecost (Israel) (Oman) 12 Islamic New Year (Israel) (Iran) (Bahrain) Ali (Iran) 13 Prophet’s Ascension 26-28 Eid-al-Fitr (UAE / Bahrain / Iraq) 29 Arbaeen (Iran) 30 Commemoration (UAE/Iran) (Kuwait) 19 Tassoua (Iran) Day (UAE) 24 Isra & Miraj (Oman) 21-22 Rosh Hashana 27 Isra & Miraj (Kuwait) (Israel New Year) 22 Islamic New Year (Kuwait) 24 Saudi National Day 30 Yom Kippur (Israel)
1 New Year’s Day 16-19 Spring Festival - 30 Good Friday 2 Easter Monday 1 Labour Day 18 Dragon Boat Festival 1-2 Establishment Day 25 Day after 1 PRC National Day 25 Christmas Day Chinese New Year 31 Holy Saturday 5 Tomb Sweeping 22 Buddha’s Birthday Holiday Mid-Autumn Festival 17 Chung Yeung Festival 26 Boxing Day HKG
1 New Year’s Day 16 Spring Festival - 17 Day of Silence & 13 Ascension of the 1 Labour Day 12-17 Idul Fitri 17 Independence Day 11 Muharram - Islamic 20 Prophet 25 Christmas Day Chinese New Year Hindu New Year Prophet Mohammad 10 Ascension Day of 21 Muslim Day of New Year Muhammad’s Birthday 30 Good Friday Jesus Christ Sacrifice IDN 29 Waisak Day
16 Spring Festival - 29 Wesak Day 1 Labour Day 15-16 Hari Raya 28 Yang di-Pertuan 22 Hari Raya Haji 12 Muharram - Islamic 7 Diwali / Deepavali 25 Christmas Day Chinese New Year Agong’s Birthday 31 Nataional day New Year 21 Prophet 16 Malaysia Day Muhammad’s Birthday MYS
1 New Year’s Day 31 Makha Bucha 6 Chakri Day 1 Labour Day 27 Asalha Bucha 12-13 The Queen’s 23 Chulalongkorn Day 5 Father’s Day 13-17 Songkran 10 Royal Ploughing 28 King Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday 10 Constitution Day 29 Visakha Bucha Ceremony Day Birthday 12-13 Mother’s Day 31 New Year’s Eve THA 28 Buddhist Lent Day
1 New Year’s Day 11-12 National 21 Spring Equinox 29-30 Showa Day 3 Constitution Memorial 16 Sea Day 11 Mountain Day 17 Respect the Aged 8 Sports Day 3 Culture Day 23-24 Emporor’s 8 Coming of Age Day Foundation Day Day Day 23 Labour Thanksgiving Birthday 4 Greenery Day Day JAP 5 Childeren’s Day
1 New Year’s Day 19 President’s Day 4 Independence Day 3 Labour Day 8 Columbus Day 11-12 Veteran’s Day 25 Christmas Day 15 Martin Luther King 22 Thanksgiving Day Jr Day USA
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