Cruise operators have fought hard against the plan, arguing they drop off passengers who patronize Mexican businesses.

Mexico will impose a tourist tax on cruise passengers starting July 1, 2025, beginning at $5 and rising to $21 by 2027. This ...

In early December 2024, Mexico’s Congress voted to implement a cruise tourist tax. Historically, port fees in Mexico were waived for those who didn’t disembark, but the new tax will impose a ...

The cruise tax is expected to double in 2026 and increase again in 2027 and 2028, however. It will increase to $10 for 2026 and rise gradually, eventually reaching $21.

Mexico adds time to negotiate port tax. A family of four visiting a Mexican cruise port would spend an extra $168 in fees for a few hours ashore, "while tourists crossing the border by land and ...

A US $5 tax on cruise ship tourists went into effect on Tuesday, a relatively light levy compared to the US $42 originally ...

Remittances sent to Mexico dropped 4.6% in May compared to a year earlier, according to central bank data published on ...

A new passenger tax goes into effect on July 1 as the government negotiates with Royal Caribbean and other companies.

The megabill that Republicans sent to President Trump’s desk would tax some remittances, the money immigrants send back to ...

Already Mexico's busiest port and the third largest in Latin America, Manzanillo handled approximately 3.7 million containers in 2023. The expansion will quadruple its footprint from 1,112 acres ...

Mexico's new cruise tax will start at $5 per person on July 1, instead of the initially proposed $42, ... It was initially slated to begin in January but was postponed until this summer after 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 ...