Cruise Lines Respond to Potential Mexico Head Tax

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The cruise industry is not taking lightly to a potential $42 per person head tax that could be in effect as soon as 2026 for port calls in Mexico.

Mexico’s congress voted in November to impose the $42 tax, according to local reports, which also said that two-thirds of the tax would be spent on military matters.

The industry is already pushing back as a letter has already been sent from the Florida and Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) to the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum ask that she eliminate the tax.

The FCCA reportedly said the tax could “also jeopardize the cruise industry’s investments in the country, including billions in planned developments and other projects intended to help rebuild Acapulco and cultivate new Mexican tourist destinations.”

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