Cruise ship passengers must pay fee upon arriving in Mexico starting July 1

Mexico to Charge Cruise Line Passengers a Tax—Here's What Travelers Need to Know

The fee is less than originally planned.Alessandra Amodio/Travel + Leisure The Celebrity Ascent cruise ship docked in Cozumel, Mexico.Travelers will soon be responsible for paying a $5 fee on cruises to Mexico. The amount is significantly less than the originally planned $42 fee.Cruise operators will collect the fee from passengers. A cruise stop in Mexico just got more expensive this summer travel season.While a $42 cruise ship fee had been sch…

Cruise ship passengers face new fees from July: What to know

Starting from July 1, international travelers stopping in any Mexican ports will be required to pay a tourism tax.

Cruise ship passengers must pay fee upon arriving in Mexico starting July 1

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Starting July 1, cruise-ship passengers arriving in any Mexican port will have to pay a $5 visitor fee. The Mexican government and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association arrived at a compromise this week to implement the tariff on visitors. The FCCA represents 95% of cruise ships that make ports of call in Mexico. Mexico postpones cruise ship passenger fee for six months Six months ago, the Mexican government…

After a series of meetings and pressures, the Mexican government gave in to cruise companies, so the $42 fee that it would charge from this year to tourists who will enter the country via sea will only be $5.In a position, the Florida and Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) reported that the Mexican government will apply a progressive transit rate to reach $21 in 2028.“On 1 July, cruise passengers who dock in Mexico will be charged a five-dollar…

Unpopular cruise tourism tax reduced to US $5

Following negotiations with some of the world’s largest cruise ship companies, federal authorities have agreed to set the unpopular tax on arriving cruise ship tourists at US $5 starting this July before raising it in yearly increments.  The tax, called the Non-Resident Duty (DNR), was originally $42, and was to be collected starting in  January of this year. Instead, it will be phased in gradually to half that amount: from $5 in July, to $10 in…

Mexico Agrees to Phased-in Rollout of Lowered Cruise Passenger Head Tax

After pressure from the cruise industry and concerns raised by local government in the states where cruises contribute to the economy, Mexico’s federa...