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

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

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

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

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

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.

Total tax revenue for the January-May period was 2.41 trillion pesos (US $128.36 billion), 83 billion pesos higher than ...

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

Mexico says it would pay back Mexican immigrants in the United States for a proposed tax on the money immigrants send home to ...

Mexico’s federal government has reportedly agreed to a lower amount and a phased roll-out of the cruise tax after pressure from the cruise industry and local governments where cruises contribute ...

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 ...