Cancun • Isla Mujeres • Costa Mujeres • Puerto Morelos • Playa del Carmen • Cozumel • Tulum • Coba • Mahahual • Bacalar • Holbox • Chichen Itza • Valladolid
If you’ve never traveled to our stunning destinations of Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel and Tulum, you may not know exactly what VISITAX is or why it’s essential. This tax was implemented in 2021 by the government for the improvement and maintenance of the state’s beaches and infrastructure.
Note that Quintana Roo is not the only state that requires a tax like the VISITAX. More than 60 destinations around the world already require a tourist tax like the Visitax in their tourist destinations such as Paris, Venice, Rome, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Ibiza, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Switzerland, Spain, Iceland and the Maldives, are some of the countries and cities that already have a Visitax type option. The first one was France in 1910.
In Quintana Roo this tax is 100% mandatory for all travelers without mexican passport who visit any city located in the state, these includes travel by any of this airports:
Once you paid your VisiTax it will be valid for 3 months to travel to any city in the state. For example, if you arrive at the Cancun International Airport and on your return the flight leaves from the Tulum International Airport, the same receipt is valid as long as it is within the 3-month period. You should know that people who have a Mexican passport are not required by law to pay this tax regardless of where their flight comes from.
For Official VisiTax some forms need to be filled in a process to be able to pay and receive your authorized receipt with the folio.
Another option to pay is make the lines at Cancun Airport and Tulum Airport to pay in cash directly at the official modules but consider arriving well in advance since there may be long lines when you have to fill out a VisiTax form for each person and then make another line to pay, which could be a risk of fatigue, delay, cancellations of contracted services and even loss of flights.
Fill out the questionnaire by providing names and passport number of each passenger. Need an email to receive the receipt
Finally, you can pay the VisiTax issuance fees instantly and securely, the vast majority of credit cards in the world are accepted
Payment confirmation with a QR code will be sent to the email address provided few hours after payment in step 2 is completed.
