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Foz do Iguaçu · Ciudad del Este · Puerto IguazúSaturday, July 18, 2026
Foz do Iguaçu · Ciudad del Este · Puerto IguazúSaturday, July 18, 2026
What a holiday is worth · official data
Direct answer: A typical long weekend puts Foz hotels 10 to 24 points above the month's average. The biggest measured effect is Labor Day (May 1) (+23.7 points over its month). The exception is Christmas: the only extended holiday that does NOT fill hotels — it stays at or below the month's average.
Foz's Tourism Secretariat has measured hotel occupancy for every extended holiday since 2021 — including hoteliers' expectations before each one. This page crosses that official data with the monthly average and shows what a long weekend really does to the city.
Ranking · average realized occupancy
| holiday | realized occupancy | month average | effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Awareness Day (Nov 20)1 year measured | 95.1% | 73% | +22.1 |
| Republic Day (Nov 15) | 90.7% | 73% | +17.7 |
| Tiradentes | 86.7% | 63.9% | +22.8 |
| New Year | 85.3% | 74.6% | +10.7 |
| Carnival | 84.8% | 64.1% | +20.7 |
| Labor Day (May 1) | 80.7% | 57% | +23.7 |
| Our Lady Aparecida (Oct 12)2 year measureds |
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Will it be crowded? (daily probability) →When to go (month by month) →Tourism in numbers →
| 79.1% |
| 67.2% |
| +11.9 |
| Brazil Independence (Sep 7)2 year measureds | 78% | 64.6% | +13.4 |
| Corpus Christi | 76.4% | 57.6% | +18.8 |
| All Souls' Day (Nov 2)2 year measureds | 76.2% | 73% | +3.2 |
| Christmas | 72.8% | 73.3% | -0.5 |
| Easter | 71.2% | 63.9% | +7.3 |
How to read: realized occupancy = average of measured years (2021–2026). Month average = mean occupancy of the month the holiday falls in (ex-2021). Effect = the difference, in percentage points.
Expectation × reality
Before each extended holiday, SMTU asks hotels how full they expect to be. On average, REALIZED occupancy beat expectations by +3.8 percentage points. Holiday demand in Foz surprises upward — useful for pricing and staffing.
Upcoming holidays · 3 countries
At the Triple Frontier, a holiday in ANY of the three countries moves hotels, bridges and attractions — see the daily probability at /lotacao.
Method & backing
Primary source: Extended-Holiday Occupancy Study (SMTU Foz/DVEET) — realized and expected rate per holiday, years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Comparison: monthly average from the Monthly Occupancy Study (ex-2021). Holidays with few measured years are flagged. Movable holidays compared with their typical month.
Sources (full credit)