Quintana Roo business chambers lamented the 14.2% increase in the Non-Resident Tax approved by the Chamber of Deputies in the federal government’s 2026 Revenue Budget.
Sergio León Cervantes, president of Businessmen for Quintana Roo, believed that this type of measure favors competitors like Punta Cana, which are already taking advantage of the international tourism lost to the Mexican Caribbean.
For his part, Sergio González Rubiera, president of the Mexican Association of Incoming Tourism Agencies, considered this increase to be purely a revenue-raising measure that benefits no one, but is significantly detrimental to tourism, especially in a context of declining international tourist arrivals to Mexico.
“The industry needs tax incentives for businesses and consumers, but this increase discourages tourism by making destinations more expensive; it is very regrettable,” he said.
The ruling, which must still be ratified by the Senate, establishes that the fee charged to foreign visitors without paid activities in Mexico, better known as (DNR), will increase from 861 to 983 pesos for each tourist entering the country.
The measure is particularly relevant to Quintana Roo, since Cancún alone captures 43.8% of the country’s international air tourism, not including cruise ship visitors.
In other words, Quintana Roo contributes more than 40% of the revenue from the DNR fees paid by travelers upon landing at Cancún International Airport.
In addition to the increase to the DNR, the entrance fee to archaeological sites was also approved from 95.58 to 209.09 for Category I sites, which include Tulum, Cobá, the Mayan Museum of Cancún, San Gervasio, Kohunlich, Xelhá and Xcaret in Quintana Roo, as well as other important sites such as Teotihuacán in the State of Mexico, the second most visited in the country, and Palenque in Chiapas.
Source: eleconomista
