Originally Posted by awu25

One of my tour guides had mentioned this. He said it's a cool experience for tourists but then proceeded to explain how everyone stays in doors and everything will be closed. Hotel staff have to stay at the hotel for the whole day but are given hotel rooms and then another two days off after the holiday. Actually sounds very inconvenient as a tourist and I'm not surprised they're telling you to rebook. You'll probably have to be confined to the hotel grounds for the day and enjoy the pool/gym/spa/restaurants.