At the end of October, the lower house of Mexico’s Congress took the final steps toward voting in a new tax for tourists coming into the country by cruise ship. The new law, which is expected to come ...

Starting in 2025, cruise ship passengers visiting Mexico will be required to pay a $42 immigration tax. This new levy, approved by Mexico’s congress last week, has raised concerns within the cruise ...

In a shocking move that stunned the cruise industry last fall, the Mexican government introduced a plan to impose a $42 per-person tax on cruise passengers beginning in 2025 that industry leaders say ...

Cruise passengers with planned sailings to Mexico in the first half of 2025 will be unaffected by the increased government tax due to a recently announced delay in the fee. Initially slated to go into ...

Mexican officials may be rocking the boat with visitors by introducing a new tourist tax. A $42 immigration levy for every passenger on cruise ships that dock in Mexico was voted in by the country’s ...

The $42 fee only applies to cruise passengers who visit a Mexican port. Cruise travel to Mexico will be more expensive in 2025, but after industry pushback on the decision to charge passengers, the ...

A tourism tax was rocking the boats in the cruise industry, imposing a charge on passengers. A $42 immigration levy for every passenger on cruise ships that dock in Mexico was voted in by the ...

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Cruise passengers docking in Mexico will be forced to cough up a tourist tax starting this week as government officials blast major cruise lines for not paying their fair share into local communities.

WASHINGTON — Cruise passengers will have to pay a little more when traveling to Mexico this summer. Starting on July 1, travelers docking into any Mexican ports will pay a tourism tax of $5 per person ...