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American students enjoying spring break at a party in Negril, Jamaica, 2009

Spring breakTemplate:Efn is a vacation period at universities and schools that includes the Easter holiday, and takes place in early Northern Hemisphere spring. Introduced in the U.S. during the 1930s, spring break has been observed in Europe since the late 19th century, and is observed in many other countries. Spring break is associated with riotous partying at warm-weather locations.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

According to CBS, spring break's origins vary across the world, but many countries placed a relatively short school break near Easter, around March or April.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

According to Bustle, college students in the US have "almost always" had time off in the early spring.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The tradition of spring break vacations, however, began with Florida as a vacation destination, and was spread by popular books and films before expanding to more destinations.<ref name=":0" />

By countryEdit

AsiaEdit

JapanEdit

In Japan, the spring break starts with the end of the academic year in late March and ends around April 7 with the beginning of a new academic year.

Hong KongEdit

Hong Kong follows the British tradition of an Easter break of about one and a half weeks.

IranEdit

In Iran, spring break starts at Nowruz and ends on Sizdah Bedar. All Iranians have the same spring break.

MacauEdit

Macau follows the Portuguese tradition of Easter break.

South KoreaEdit

In South Korea, the spring break originally lasted for two weeks in February with the new school year starting afterwards in March. However, due to a change in the academic calendar in 2015, the spring break was changed to a 1-week break in the first week of May, around Children's Day (although some schools still keep it in February).Template:Citation needed

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TaiwanEdit

In Taiwan, spring break usually refers to the consecutive days off of Tomb Sweeping Day and Children's Day.

UAE (United Arab Emirates)Edit

In UAE, spring break is usually two or three weeks long from late March to early/middle of April. It usually depends on the school or the emirate.

EuropeEdit

Czech RepublicEdit

In the Czech Republic, only primary and secondary school students have a spring break. The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from county to county to avoid overcrowding of the break destinations in the Czech Republic (Czechs usually travel to the mountains to ski there). The counties are divided into six groups, each group containing counties evenly distributed across the country. The first group starts the holiday on the first Monday of February, the last group starts the holiday five weeks later (usually in early March). The last group of counties becomes the first one to have the spring break the next year.

GeorgiaEdit

Before 2017, the spring break in Georgia was typically an Easter holiday, lasting from Thursday to Tuesday in Holy Week. In 2017 Minister of Education and Science Aleksandre Jejelava instead set the period from March 8 to 15 as a holiday for those in education, from preschool to university.

GermanyEdit

In Germany, universities typically schedule a semester break of five to eight weeks around March. The Whitsun (Pentecost) holidays around late May or early June are also considered a spring break.<ref>studenten-wg.de – About semester breaks in Germany (German)</ref>

GreeceEdit

In Greece, spring break takes place during Holy Week and the week following.Template:Citation needed

LithuaniaEdit

In Lithuania, spring break (called Easter holidays or spring holidays) takes place one week before Easter and one day after it (as it is the second day of Easter), all school students have this vacation. Primary school students have another week of holidays after Easter.

The NetherlandsEdit

In the Netherlands, a week-long break is given to high school students and students in higher education in the early stages of spring (February-March). There are regional differences between mostly the north and south of the country in when this break takes place, because of carnival, which is mostly celebrated in the southern parts of The Netherlands.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

PortugalEdit

In Portugal, spring break is mostly known as "Easter Holidays" and it gives two weeks to all students around the country.

RussiaEdit

Before 1917 there was an Easter Break in schools. In the Soviet Union, spring break was always from March 24 to 31. Now, many schools in Russia still have the spring break, but the exact date is decided by the school itself. In the majority of cases it is set in the middle of April. Also, the public holidays in May, connected with Labour day and Victory day, can be an accurate equivalent of the spring break.

SlovakiaEdit

Slovakia gives a week-long break to its elementary school and secondary school students in the months of February and March. Instead of vacationing in warm weather destinations, Slovaks mostly associate spring breaks with skiing. The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from region to region to avoid overcrowding of domestic break destinations. The regions are divided into three groups, the first group starts the holiday on the end of February, the last group starts the holiday two weeks later (in early March).

There is also another shorter Easter break from Holy Thursday to Easter Tuesday.

SpainEdit

In Spain, spring break is celebrated around Holy Week, and students usually get a two-week break.

United KingdomEdit

The Easter Break is typically over 2 weeks in either late March or April, depending on when Easter Sunday falls.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

North AmericaEdit

CanadaEdit

Canadian provinces give a one or two-week-long break to its elementary school and secondary school students in the month of March, with the time varying from province to province; Template:Citation needed span

In primary and secondary school, this break is called "March break" and in higher education it is usually "reading week" or "reading break". Neither example is commonly associated with the party culture of American spring break. "Mid-term break" is a generic term. Reading week in Canada usually coincides with Family Day in the month of February.

JamaicaEdit

In Jamaica, the spring break starts in the first week of Good Friday. The break may range from one week to two weeks, often two. This break starts depending on which month the Easter holiday begins, March or April.

MexicoEdit

In Mexico, spring break takes place during the Holy Week and the one after it.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

United StatesEdit

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In the United States, spring break at universities, colleges, and many K-12 school systems can take place Template:Citation needed span depending on term dates and when Easter holiday falls. Spring break is usually a week or two long, although some schools schedule it for mid to late March, with separate days off for the Easter holiday.

Guatemala, El Salvador and HondurasEdit

In Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, it takes place during Easter; schoolchildren have a week off, and teaching staff typically three days.Template:Citation needed

South AmericaEdit

ColombiaEdit

In Colombia, the Easter break is Holy Week.

ChileEdit

In Chile, many schools and universities take vacations in the middle of September in the southern hemisphere spring, coinciding with the celebration of the country's Patriotic Holidays.

Spring break festivalsEdit

Template:More citations needed section Large annual spring break festivities take place in various countries, often in the form of music festivals and joined by special nightclub parties, beach activities and accommodation offers. People on the Easter break may travel to other countries.

PacificEdit

The South Pacific takes spring break in November. Some tour companies charter out entire island resorts for the festivities.<ref>Island Party Fiji</ref>

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Cook IslandsEdit

EuropeEdit

European party destinations are increasingly becoming popular for international spring break guests.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tour agencies have cited the lower drinking ages in these places and that even then, they are rarely enforced. Some tour companies put on special chartered flights for spring break at discounted rates.

CroatiaEdit

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Spring break at Novalja (Zrće Beach), Croatia

GermanyEdit

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GreeceEdit

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ItalyEdit

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United StatesEdit

In the US, many people take the holiday off. The holiday is celebrated near Easter, and many families hold easter egg hunts, or celebrate with Easter activities.

Panama City Beach, FloridaEdit

Starting in the late 1990s, Panama City Beach began advertising the destination hoping to attract crowds that had formerly gone to Fort Lauderdale and then Daytona Beach before those communities enacted restrictions. From 2010 to 2016, an estimated 300,000 students traveled to the destination. The spawn of social media and digital marketing helped boost the beach town into a student mecca during March. Following well-publicized shootings and a gang rape in 2015, several new ordinances were put into effect prohibiting drinking on the beach and establishing a bar closing time of 2Template:Nbspa.m.Template:NbspCT. Reports showed a drop in Panama City Beach's spring break turnout in March 2016,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> followed by increased family tourism in April 2016. Both are attributed to the new ordinances by the Bay County Community Development Corporation (CDC).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Daytona Beach, FloridaEdit

After Fort Lauderdale started discouraging college students from vacationing there for spring break in the mid-1980s, Daytona Beach mayor Larry Kelly appeared on national television to encourage college vacationers to come to Daytona Beach instead.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref> Soon after, beer and cigarette brands started advertising in Daytona Beach for spring break. MTV Spring Break coverage moved to Daytona Beach in 1986.<ref name=":3" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Kelly later called that decision a mistake, as locals experienced many problems during spring break every year.<ref name=":2" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Kelly's efforts to rein in the revelry included promoting athletic competitions called "Spring Games" to channel youthful energy in a wholesome direction,<ref name="SpringGames">Template:Cite news</ref> and proposing that hotels be billed for the cost of sending police to respond to calls during spring break.<ref name="BreakPatrols">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1993, Kelly lost his bid for re-election as mayor, and Daytona Beach officials cut their spring break marketing budget and ties with MTV.<ref name=":3" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Fort Lauderdale, FloridaEdit

Fort Lauderdale's reputation as a spring break destination for college students started when the Colgate University men's swim team arrived to practice there over Christmas break in 1934.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Attracting approximately 20,000 college students in the 1950s, spring break was still known as 'Spring vacation' and was a relatively low key affair. This began to change when Glendon Swarthout's novel, Where the Boys Are was published in 1960, effectively ushering in modern spring break.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Swarthout's 1960 novel was quickly made into a movie of the same title later that year, Where the Boys Are, in which college girls met boys while on spring break there. The number of visiting college students immediately jumped to over 50,000.<ref name="sfhm">Template:Cite news</ref> By the early 1980s, Fort Lauderdale was attracting between 250,000 and 350,000 college students per year during spring break. Residents of the Fort Lauderdale area became so upset at the damage done by college students that the local government passed laws restricting parties in 1985. At the same time, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was enacted in the United States, requiring that Florida raise the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21 and inspiring many underage college vacationers to travel to other competing locations in the United States for spring break. By 1989, the number of college students traveling to Fort Lauderdale fell to 20,000, a far cry from the 350,000 who went four years prior.<ref name="sfhm" /><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

South Padre Island, TexasEdit

In the early 1980s, South Padre Island became the first location outside of Florida to draw a large number of college students for spring break. With only a few thousand residents, South Padre Island consistently drew 80,000 to 120,000 spring breakers into the 2000s.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Corporate marketingEdit

It is common for major brands that cater to the youth market, such as Coca-Cola, Gillette, MTV, and branches of the United States Armed Forces, to market at spring break destinations.Template:Clarify

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