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China New Year's Day: Number of Holiday data was reported at 1.000 Day in 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.000 Day for 2024. China New Year's Day: Number of Holiday data is updated yearly, averaging 3.000 Day from Dec 2018 (Median) to 2025, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.000 Day in 2024 and a record low of 1.000 Day in 2025. China New Year's Day: Number of Holiday data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Holiday Economy – Number of Holiday.

China National Day: Number of Holiday data was reported at 8.000 Day in 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.000 Day for 2024. China National Day: Number of Holiday data is updated yearly, averaging 7.000 Day from Dec 2018 (Median) to 2025, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.000 Day in 2025 and a record low of 7.000 Day in 2024. China National Day: Number of Holiday data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Holiday Economy – Number of Holiday.

The recently announced working holidays from March 30 to April 5, 2020 with the purpose of preventing the further expansion of the coronavirus (COVID-19) across the country were expected to cause a significant damage to the already weakened Russian economy, according to experts. The total losses were estimated in the range between 1.3 and 1.6 trillion Russian rubles.

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Between November 1 and December 31, 2022, online shoppers globally are expected to spend an estimated 209.7 billion U.S. dollars on holiday shopping. Cyber Monday alone is forecast to generate approximately 11.2 billion dollars in online sales.

The effect of economic uncertainty on holiday shopping

In 2022, the twin evils of inflation and economic stagnation threaten to affect consumer demand during this year's festivities. In a survey conducted in August 2022, nearly a third of consumers worldwide stated that galloping inflation was their  prime concern this holiday season. Other issues like uncertainty about the global economy and lack of savings also came up as areas of concern. Since many people wait for the holidays to buy big-ticket items, these categories are forecast to witness the highest rates of e-commerce discounts, with e-retailers anticipating grim consumer sentiment to affect this year's peak season sales. Categories like computers and electronics could see double-digit discount rates that online shoppers can benefit from.

Impact of inflation on e-commerce

During the holiday season and beyond, the global macroeconomic outlook for 2022 is spelling bad news for e-commerce businesses across the globe. In the United States, that rapidly grew and thrived during the pandemic got hit by a wave of e-commerce layoffs that dealt a blow to the industry. One way consumers are dealing with rising inflation and economic uncertainty is by resorting to recommerce: In a May 2022 survey, around 93 percent of U.S. shoppers reported that inflation impacted their decision to buy and sell secondhand products online in the past twelve months. The recommerce market in the U.S. is set to reach nearly 180 billion U.S. dollars in 2022.

China Spring Festival: Number of Holiday data was reported at 8.000 Day in 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 8.000 Day for 2024. China Spring Festival: Number of Holiday data is updated yearly, averaging 7.000 Day from Dec 2018 (Median) to 2025, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.000 Day in 2025 and a record low of 7.000 Day in 2023. China Spring Festival: Number of Holiday data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Holiday Economy – Number of Holiday.

Dataset from Ministry of Manpower. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_4e19214c3a5288eab7a27235f43da4fa/view

According to a survey conducted in October 2020, just over 20 percent consumers in the United States said they would spend more during this year's holiday season if they were to receive a federal stimulus payment of 1,200 U.S. dollars. Without the assistance, only about 15 percent of U.S. shoppers would be planning to spend more this year. Approximately half of the respondents intend to spend the same amount, with or without a stimulus payment.

Portugal - Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP): Package international holidays was 120.98 points in May of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Portugal - Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP): Package international holidays - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Portugal - Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP): Package international holidays reached a record high of 147.73 points in April of 2025 and a record low of 81.72 points in January of 2021.

Vacation road trips play an important role in expanding consumption in rural areas in China. In 2024, Chinese rural communities generated nearly *** billion yuan of income through various goods and services for consumers taking a road trip in the countryside. An estimated number of *** million rural residents benefited from such travelers in 2024.

Dataset from Ministry of Manpower. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_0b0fe4a7101674be0a359e55d32cd126/view

Mean annual holidays by sex, economic activity and occupation

Mean annual holidays by economic activity, sex, length of service with the enterprise

Analysis of ‘Mean annual holidays by sex, economic activity and occupation’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/kmkvuhsqcdihqhuir16ovw on 30 September 2021.

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Mean annual holidays by economic activity, sex, length of service with the enterprise

Mean annual holidays by sex, economic activity and collective pay agreement

China Mid-Autumn Festival: Number of Holiday data was reported at 3.000 Day in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.000 Day for 2022. China Mid-Autumn Festival: Number of Holiday data is updated yearly, averaging 3.000 Day from Dec 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.000 Day in 2024 and a record low of 3.000 Day in 2024. China Mid-Autumn Festival: Number of Holiday data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Holiday Economy – Number of Holiday.

Mean annual holidays by sex, age and economic activity

Mean annual holidays by economic activity, sex, educational attainment level

Dataset from Ministry of Manpower. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b773a1ad8dafa6ef27f4f2bf6a7c4a64/view