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Old Sep 6, 2018 | 3:25 pm
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Originally Posted by RafKa
...and are people (Argentinians/foreign tourists, tourism industry) pressuring the government to lower these any time soon?

U$79 for one way is certainly the highest in the Americas, and probably the highest in the world (Heathrow probably takes the cake @U$130 one way for long haul).

Rant over...
Take a look at my RT USA/MEX coming up soon. I've got a total of approx. $161 RT, about $83 of which is going to Mexico (which includes an unavoidable tourism tax for foreigners).
Mexico airport dept. tax$55.00Mexico tourism tax$27.91US APHIS user fee$3.96US Customs user fee$5.65US Immigration user fee$7.00US int'l arrival tax$18.30US int'l departure tax$18.30US psgr. facility charge$13.50US Sept. 11 security fee$11.20
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