In the United States, two ports are set to charge modified cruise fees starting in 2025.
Catalina Island, California, will increase its current $5 per passenger fee to $7.50 on 1st January 2020.
Avalon City Council, the council that oversees the port of Catalina in Avalon, has stated that the modified fees will be used by the council to maintain the existing facilities and pay necessary improvements. The Council expects an additional $900,000.00 per year to be raised by the adjustment.
The Council also ended a program whereby 50 percent of the fees collected from a second vessel visiting the island for at least 50 visits per year would be returned back to the cruise line. This is because since 2019, no cruise line qualified for a reimbursement.
Haines, Up and Coming
Haines, Alaskan port, will introduce its first cruise passenger fees as early as 2025. The fee may then be incrementally increased until 2029.
Haines Assembly will start charging $9 per passenger starting in 2025. Over time, the fee will rise to $12 in 2027 and then to $13 in 2029.
The Assembly has not specified how the fees will be spent, but federal law requires that any money earned from these fees be used to maintain and improve cruise ships for those who travel on them.
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