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Mexico Cruise Tax to Take Effect July 1
Published on: November 14, 2007
Mexico has approved a cruise passenger tax that is scheduled to take effect on July 1. The fee is 56 pesos, or about US$5, according to a statement issued by Carolina Cárdenas, vice minister of tourism planning for SECTUR in Mexico. Cárdenas said 95 percent of the income generated by the head tax will go to municipalities for infrastructure works, conservation and maintenance programs, and cleaning and monitoring of the coastal zones. Five percent will be assigned to the National Institute of Migration. The resources will be distributed proportionally to the municipalities, taking into account the number of passengers their ports receive. The tax has been opposed by some Mexican ports, including Puerto Costa Maya. "We do not support the measure in question," Costa Maya President Teofilo Hamui said in mid-October.
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