Comments on: Mexico to impose new immigration fee on cruise ship passengers

By: DarrellJ

DarrellJ — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:25:37 +0000

I just read a study that said the cruise passengers spend an average of US $81 per day in port. Sounds about right from my experience and observations, including many cruises with Mexico ports of call. Cruise passengers also pay port fees, a non-optional add on to their tickets. These can be another $20 to $50 per port (the big port fees are at cruise origination and termination.) Any tax will reduce the money flowing to the private sector and reduce employment and/or incomes therein.

By: sefeed65@yahoo.com

sefeed65@yahoo.com — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 14:43:03 +0000

In reply to Mary Sari.

Wrong impression.

By: Ronald Rogoza

Ronald Rogoza — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:52:16 +0000

In reply to Peter Larson.

Amen brother..so whose back pocket is the tax going to??

By: STEVEN BROIN

STEVEN BROIN — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 22:20:02 +0000

I just got off a cruise that stopped in Ensenada. Most of the passengers booked excursions through the ship, giving employment to many tour guides, bus drivers, restaurants, casinos and shops. The myth that cruise ship passengers do not benefit the local economy is false.

By: STEVEN BROIN

STEVEN BROIN — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 22:13:41 +0000

If a cruise to Mexico stops at several ports, would the charge apply to EACH PORT?

By: Curt

Curt — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:47:56 +0000

ASK YOURSELF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ECONOMY OF ACAPULCO when SHIPS NO LONGER DOCK THERE.

By: Rolando Rodriguez

Rolando Rodriguez — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:12:21 +0000

In reply to MCR.

Yours is a hurtful attitude. You are a tourist/visitor. You’ve come for the sights, the meals, the amenities, the souvenirs. You leave behind a few memories, a few pesos, and footprints that we clean up before the next tourist/visitors arrive. The cruise ship you’re sailing on also leaves a footprint, one we cannot “clean up” after. You visit our homeland for pleasure and you are more than welcome. But understand that while we appreciate you and your tourist dollars, you are also taxing our natural resources and historic sites. Preservation, restoration and presentation are expensive investments we make to keep our history alive and available to our citizens and to you. Thank you for enjoying what we have to offer, and for any appreciation you may show for our effort to keep what is also homeland to the Southwestern United States beautiful and welcoming.

By: MCR

MCR — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:08:34 +0000

We travel ALOT, occasionally cruising and wherever we go take local tours, shop, dine and spend cash to have a good time….and are surrounded by others doing likewise. As tourists or better yet targets, we frequently get ripped off without much objection by many of the inconvenienced locals, so the notion that I (or any other tourist) is screwing up your city is an epiphany and for your sake I hope and pray your tourist industry dries up. I’ll do my part!
Pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered and the geese that lay golden eggs should lay them elsewhere.

By: Caguichie

Caguichie — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:13:44 +0000

In reply to Peter Larson. Well thank you for your opinion Peter. Didn't do a thing to change mine.

By: Kelly Karger

Kelly Karger — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:35:57 +0000

I think the reporter should have given the current fee amount and a worldwide comparison to be a fully transparent and balanced article.