New $20 Tourist Air Tax for Those Arriving Into Mexico Claudia Hernandez - Riviera Maya News
go to original September 21, 2017

Update: Tourism Council Rejects $20 Air Tax in Quintana Roo (Travel Agent Central)

A new tourist tax proposal for those arriving into Mexico by air will benefit the state of Quintana Roo, says the Consejo Nacional Empresarial Turístico (CNET).

The proposal for the collection of a new $20 tax for the use of tourism infrastructure was created by National Business Tourism Council (CNET) and taken over by the Federal Ministry of Tourism, which proposes that Quintana Roo be the first state to apply the new tax.

José Chapur Zahoul, vice president of CNET says that the $20 USD tax imposed on foreign travelers visiting Mexico by air would favor Quintana Roo widely, as it is the state that currently captures the largest volume of foreign passengers at the national level.

... CNET’s VP said that one of the many uses for this additional money would be for the reinforcement of security in the tourist municipalities, since at the moment, the budget that is assigned to the states and city councils is insufficient to address the problem of insecurity.

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