Quintana Roo's Visitax is 293 pesos per person on visitax.gob.mx (about 16 USD), babies included. Mexico's federal non-resident fee is already in your airfare: 983 pesos in 2026 and 1,158 from January 1, 2027. A foreign adult pays 265 pesos at the Tulum ruins, where a child under 12 pays 100, and 125 to 225 pesos a day in the federal marine parks near Cancun, where children under 12 do not pay. With one Tulum day and one snorkel day, a family of four pays 6,784 pesos (about 364 USD) and a family of six 10,466 pesos (about 562 USD), each with two children under 12, most of it inside the airfare.
With children, every fee charged per person multiplies fast. We checked the main ones a family meets, from the airport to a day trip, on official Mexican sources on November 14, 2026, and added them up for a family of four and a family of six.
The Visitax: Amount, Kids and How to Pay
The Visitax is Quintana Roo's fee for foreign visitors, and it covers the whole state: Cancun, Isla Mujeres, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Holbox. Article 51-Octies of the state's fee law sets it at 2.5 UMA, a unit Mexican laws use to fix fees, worth 117.31 pesos since February 1, 2026. The official portal charges 293 pesos per person, about 16 USD.
For a 2027 trip. INEGI, Mexico's statistics institute, updates the UMA every January with the previous December's inflation, and the new value applies from February 1. Under the current law, the Visitax follows it from February 1, 2027, so check the portal before you pay.
Children pay too. The portal's FAQ is direct: there is no adult or child rate, and all foreign tourists must pay, infants included. That is 1,172 pesos for a family of four and 1,758 for six.
How and when to pay. On visitax.gob.mx you enter your country, your travel dates, an email and each traveler's name and passport number, up to ten travelers per payment, and pay by card in pesos. Each traveler gets a QR receipt, which you can download again with that traveler's passport number; keep them on your phone, as our luxury packing list suggests. The law ties the fee to entering the state, so pay before you fly or on your first day.
Look-alike sites. The state's tax office, SATQ, names visitax.gob.mx as its official portal. Check that the address ends in .gob.mx, and compare the price: until the new UMA takes effect on February 1, 2027, a page asking more than 293 pesos a person is not the state's portal.
Who does not pay it. Visitors who enter through the state's southern border, and cruise passengers, who pay a separate 5 USD state fee with their cruise ticket instead (articles 51-Octies and 51-Nonies).
The Federal Fee Already in Your Airfare
Mexico does charge an entry fee, but when you fly in, you do not pay it at a window. The non-resident fee covers the immigration document of a visitor who will not do paid work, and the Federal Law of Fees (Ley Federal de Derechos) requires airlines to collect it, so it is already in your ticket price.
Article 8 of that law sets it at 983 pesos per visitor in 2026. A decree published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación, Mexico's official gazette, on November 13, 2026 raises it to 1,158 pesos, about 62 USD, from January 1, 2027. Its exemptions in Article 11, such as land arrivals of up to seven days and certain crews, do not include children: at the 2027 rate, that is 4,632 pesos for a family of four and 6,948 for six. It is separate from the Visitax, so paying one never covers the other.
Passports and the FMM tourist card are in our entry guides for US travelers and for Canadian and European travelers.
Ruins, Reefs and Islands: Day-Trip Fees
Tulum ruins. INAH, the federal institute that runs Mexico's archaeological sites, lists one unified price for Tulum: 265 pesos for foreign visitors, including the charges of CONANP, the national parks agency, and of the Parque del Jaguar's operator (page updated August 10, 2026). The decree behind it, in force since July 20, 2026 and valid through 2027, splits the 265 pesos into a 100-peso park tariff and 165 pesos of federal fees. Children keep their federal exemptions on the 165, but the decree sets the park tariff for every foreign visitor and lists no exemption for children, so we count 100 pesos for a child under 12. Hours run from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, last entry 3:30 pm. Plan the day with our Tulum family guide and Mayan ruins with kids near Cancun.
Other ruins. Elsewhere the federal fee follows the site's category. In 2026, Coba, San Gervasio on Cozumel and the Museo Maya de Cancun with San Miguelito are Category I, at 209.09 pesos, and El Rey in the Hotel Zone and El Meco are Category III, at 143.69, rounded to the nearest 5 pesos when you pay and updated every January 1. Children under 13 and adults over 60 do not pay it, and free Sundays are for Mexican nationals and foreign residents of Mexico, not for visitors.
Reefs and islands. Snorkel trips, boat tours and visits to protected islands pay CONANP's fee per person per day. In 2026 it is 125.32 pesos, paid as 125, in the national park off Isla Mujeres, Punta Cancun and Punta Nizuc and at the Puerto Morelos reef, and 225.56, paid as 225, at Cozumel's reefs, Isla Contoy, Holbox's Yum Balam protected area and the whale shark reserve. Children under 12 are exempt in 2026; from January 1, 2027, the exemption covers children under 13 and adults 60 and over. The law makes the tour operator responsible for paying it, so ask whether your price includes it. See our Isla Mujeres family guide and Cozumel or Isla Mujeres for a family day.
Isla Mujeres. The island also charges its own environmental sanitation fee to visitors who do not live in the municipality. On a day trip, the ferry company collects it with your ticket, and if you arrive on a tour boat it is paid with the dock fee. If you stay overnight anywhere in the municipality, which also covers the Playa Mujeres and Costa Mujeres resorts on the mainland, your hotel charges it per person per night. The municipal fee law, in the text the state Congress publishes (last amended July 3, 2025), sets it at 30% of the daily UMA, about 35 pesos a person in 2026. Its exemptions cover people who work in the municipality and visitors who travel with a local Isla Mujeres boat cooperative, not children.
Cenotes and cameras. Each cenote sets its own entry price and its own rules for cameras and drones, so they are not in our table; ask before you go. At federal archaeological sites, the fee law has no charge for your own photos, while commercial photo shoots pay 7,957.68 pesos per day in 2026 (Article 288-D).
What a Family of Four or Six Pays
Here is how the per-person fees add up for a family of four (two adults, two children under 12) and a family of six (four adults, two children under 12), with one Tulum day and one snorkel day off Cancun or Isla Mujeres.
| Fee | Per person | Family of 4 | Family of 6 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visitax, Quintana Roo | 293, children and infants included | 1,172 | 1,758 |
| Non-resident fee, inside your airfare (2027) | 1,158 | 4,632 | 6,948 |
| Tulum ruins and Parque del Jaguar | 265 adult, 100 child under 12 | 730 | 1,260 |
| Snorkel day, Cancun and Isla Mujeres reefs | 125 adult, child under 12 free | 250 | 500 |
| Total | 6,784 (about 364 USD) | 10,466 (about 562 USD) | |
| Paid on top of your airfare | 2,152 (about 116 USD) | 3,518 (about 189 USD) | |
| Family photo session with IVAE Studios | No per-person charge | 295 to 895 USD | 295 to 895 USD |
Dollar figures use the rate published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on November 13, 2026: 18.6188 pesos per dollar. From 2027, grandparents 60 and over pay only the 100-peso park tariff in Tulum. A snorkel day that also lands on Isla Mujeres adds the island's fee, about 35 pesos for each of you, children included. For flights, hotels and food, see our Cancun trip budget and our 2027 family vacation cost guide; our pesos or dollars guide helps you decide how to pay on the day.
The One Price That Does Not Multiply
Almost every line in that table is charged per person. A family photo session is not: our six collections run from 295 to 895 USD per session, with no per-person charge and no limit on the number of people, so a family of six pays the same as a couple. For families we recommend The Chapter: 60 minutes and 35 edited photos for 475 USD. There is no deposit; you pay at the end of the session, by card or in cash, and you can cancel free of charge up to one day before. The one outside cost to know about is the fee some hotels charge for an outside photographer, which you pay to the hotel; we confirm your hotel's rule before the session.
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Sources Checked
Checked on November 14, 2026. Fees and rules change, so check again before your trip.
- Visitax portal and FAQ (SATQ): price, children, receipts.
- Quintana Roo fee law, articles 51-Octies and 51-Nonies, as amended to December 16, 2025.
- INEGI, UMA 2026: 117.31 pesos from February 1, 2026.
- Federal Law of Fees, 2026 text: articles 1, 8, 11, 198, 288 and 288-D.
- Decree of November 13, 2026: the 2027 changes to that law.
- Decree of July 17, 2026: Parque del Jaguar and Tulum fees.
- INAH, Tulum archaeological zone: prices and hours.
- Isla Mujeres municipal fee law, articles 54 to 58 (environmental sanitation fee), as amended to July 3, 2025.
- Isla Mujeres revenue law for 2026: the sanitation fee is budgeted for 2026.
- Diario Oficial de la Federación: exchange rate of November 13, 2026.