Some Cruise ships will avoid Mexican Ports because of this. The merchants love to see a ship with 5000 passengers with plenty of spending money dock in their port. As people start to avoid ships that port there, other islands that don’t have this fee will be favored and will gladly take their tourist dollars. The fee imposed by Mexico is $42 X 5000 =$210,000.00 That’s quite a hefty fee just for one ship to dock.
Im sure they also pay a fee to dock there in the first place. Do they get gas when they dock too? Seems like between that and all the tourist dollars that are going bye bye 200k is nothing
That’s true, but, with every increase in costs, people are more apt to choose a different vacation that costs less. I’ve been on several cruises, all Royal Caribbean, most were close to fully booked.
Some Cruise ships will avoid Mexican Ports because of this. The merchants love to see a ship with 5000 passengers with plenty of spending money dock in their port. As people start to avoid ships that port there, other islands that don’t have this fee will be favored and will gladly take their tourist dollars. The fee imposed by Mexico is $42 X 5000 =$210,000.00 That’s quite a hefty fee just for one ship to dock.
Im sure they also pay a fee to dock there in the first place. Do they get gas when they dock too? Seems like between that and all the tourist dollars that are going bye bye 200k is nothing
That’s true, but, with every increase in costs, people are more apt to choose a different vacation that costs less. I’ve been on several cruises, all Royal Caribbean, most were close to fully booked.
That sounds miserable to me.
Losing that much will change their minds quickly.