Mexico plans to impose new $42 fee on each passenger of cruise ships that dock there
CNNSign up for CNN Travel’s Unlocking Mexico newsletter series. The new law states that Mexico’s Immigration Institute will issue a “collective visa to every person on the ship’s passenger list.” And all of this is setting off alarm bells among some tourism groups. When added to a $5 per passenger fee imposed by local states, it would make Mexican destinations among the most expensive in the world, according to the Mexican Association of Naval Agents. Currently, cruise ship passengers are exempt from Mexico’s immigration fees as they’re considered to be “in transit.” A potentially big impact The fee, approved by both chambers of the Mexican Congress, earmarks two thirds of the levy to fund the Mexican army. Former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador expanded the role of the Mexican armed forces that now oversee the construction of many infrastructure projects such as El Tren Maya, a series of new train routes connecting some of southeastern Mexico’s tourist destinations.
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