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.
Good ? Sheila...I would say per person, per cruise, but if there are two stops in Mexico, they may charge for each port! This is the first I have seen of this, so I don't have the indepth information yet.
We will await clarification from you, then. I don't think $10 . . . or even $20 PER CABIN is going to stop anyone from cruising. And, I may be wrong, but I don't think ANYONE will look at it in the same way they are seeing the fuel supplement.
Since it is a tax, it will automatically be added to the cruise fare with the other taxes. I'll bet the cruise lines won't bother to mention it because they don't have any control over head taxes.
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.
To me, that sounds like the tax will be levied at each port.
We have several Mexican ports on our up-coming cruise. Glad the new tax isn't starting until next year. Having to pay the Mexicans an extra $5 per person per port could put a damper on our on-board drink allotment.
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So ... this will BEGIN on July 1, 2008? 
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