Frida Jimena Guillén Ortiz
Mexico City deputy for the National Action Party.
Frida Jimena Guillén Ortiz re-filed a bill in early September 2026 that would charge foreign guests in Mexico City a fee for every night from their 21st, weeks before the city opened formal host and platform registers on 30 September.
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Re-filed a bill charging foreign guests from their 21st night
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Frida Jimena Guillén Ortiz is a deputy in the Congress of Mexico City for the National Action Party (PAN), the centre-right party that sits in opposition in the capital. The Congress is the city's single-chamber legislature, with 66 deputies, and it writes the local laws that govern tourism, housing and municipal charges. The party's own deputy listing names her as a member of that Congress.
Her best-known measure targets long stays by foreign visitors. In early September 2026 she brought back a bill first tabled in 2023, under which foreign visitors would pay a per-night charge once a stay reaches its 21st night. The bill places her in Mexico City's wider argument over short lets and remote workers, where the city has so FAR relied on host registration and a contested CAP on rental nights rather than on charges paid by guests.
Her bill prices the 21st night
Guillén Ortiz first presented the measure in 2023 and brought it back in early September 2026. The bill charges foreign guests a nightly fee once a stay passes 20 nights, so the cost lands on month-long visitors rather than on weekend tourists.
Her proposal is a local measure, separate from the federal entry-fee increase sent to the national Chamber of Deputies on 8 September. Its practical footing changed on 30 September, when the city's Tourism Secretariat formalised registers for hosts and platforms. A per-night charge on long stays depends on knowing WHO hosts which guest and for how long, and those registers are the first city record built to hold that information.
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