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Public holidays close individual days — this is different. Golden Week in Japan, Spring Festival in China, Carnival in Brazil, Tet in Vietnam: these are multi-day or multi-week periods where transport and hotels book out nationwide and prices surge, well beyond what a single-day closure would cause. Many of these dates shift year to year (lunar calendars, moveable feasts), so check the specific year of your trip before you lock in dates.