As the weekend will now change from Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Sunday, the UAE has announced a public holiday on 2 January 2022.
As 31 December 2021 and 1 January 2022 fall on a Friday and Saturday, and 1 January is already a public holiday for New Year's Day, making 2 January 2022 a public holiday will give a long weekend to look forward to.
The next public holiday was meant to take place five months from the National Day weekend, with the upcoming three day weekend being an unexpected announcement and is sure to be a great weekend.