It is essential to make sure you know about the public holidays of a company before you plan a trip to that country. Oman public Holidays must be known to a person traveling to Oman as Oman public Holidays are observed in all of the states, and thus they enjoy their family times at their homes and all the official, and non-official work is closed in these days. So if you are planning a trip to Oman, then you have to carefully and wisely plan your trip according to these holidays. It is recommended to plan your trip before or after Oman public holidays as already they do not provide more than three months of visa stay.

Public Holidays in Oman

• Oman’s National Day, it is celebrated on 18th of November as a celebration for independence from Portugal.
• The Sultan’s Birthday that comes on 19th of November, The Sultan of Oman was born in 1940 and this year would be his 78th birthday.
• Molud e Nabvi, the birth of Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon Him celebrated on this day.
• The Happy New Year celebrated on 1st of January
• The Dhofar governate holidays, observed from May 27th to 29th 
• Eid ul Fitr, the eid of Muslims after the Holy month of Ramzan
• Eid ul Adha, the second eid of Muslims celebrated after the Hajj day in the conference of Prophet Ibrahim and His Son Prophet Ismail.
• Arafat Day, The day of Hajj
• Islamic new year holiday

Other Holidays in Oman

Other then these holidays Fridays and Saturdays are observed as weekend holidays throughout the country These are all of the Oman public Holidays so if you are planning your trip to Oman in this year or the coming year then you should undoubtedly plan accordingly and not in these days. You should keep in mind that your visa expires within six months of issuance, so there is no point in wasting time observing holidays. Oman Public Holidays for the year 2019 are on Tuesday, January 1 that is of the new year, Wednesday, April 3rd the Isra’s Wal Miraj. June 05 to June 07 the Eid ul Fitr Holidays. July 23 Renaissance day would be celebrated on Tuesday, Sunday would be off on the 11th of August because of Hajj day. August 12th to 15th will be observed off for Eid ul Azha Holidays. And rest is on the solid days as mentioned earlier. For more details contact the Oman embassy.

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