Department of Tourism(DOT)

Good day! I would like to kindly request from your kind office the following data:

Data on Cultural (eco)Tourism in the Philippines from the earliste year onwards specifically "Consumer Characteristics of Cultural (eco)tourism / Heritage Tourism Industry".

The data requested can be further broken down to cultural (eco)tourism sites in the philippines, preferences of consumers in terms of destination, types of cultural (eco)tourism, factors affecting their preference, statistics on the types of cultural (eco)tourism and related data. Hoping for your kind consideration and thank you in advance

July 18, 2023

Dear Mr. Tua,

Thank you for your request dated July 18, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Consumer Characteristics of Cultural (eco)tourism / heritage industry.

We received your request on July 18, 2023 and will respond on or before August 08, 2023 07:39:17 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Likewise, please be informed that the standard processing period is fifteen (15) working days but it can be extended for another twenty (20) working days for complex requests.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0wNDg5NTkzMDcxMjcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-048959307127.

Thank you.


Respectfully yours,

Maricel C. Malalad
DOT FOI Receiving Officer

18 July 2023

Dear Mr. Tua,

We refer to your letter dated 18 July 2023 07:39:17 AM about your request for various tourism data on Cultural ecotourism/heritage industry, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Before processing your request, please ensure that your request is fully compliant with Sections 13.3.b, 13.4 and 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual by providing the following:

•Reasonable description of the information requested. In particular, it would be helpful to know the exact/specific information that you wish to request and its exact/specific covered period; - Some of the requests are too general, kindly be specific so that we can properly process the data. Also, kindly specify the period (ex. 2019-2021) for our reference.

•Specific reason for, or purpose of, the request for information. Please note that general averments such as “for research”, “for information”, “for legal purposes” or other similarly worded purposes shall NOT be considered to have met the requirements of specificity; - kindly specify how the data will be used by providing the NAME/TITLE of research/ thesis/ study you are conducting with a brief background. 

•If the requesting party is a natural person who is a member, employee, affiliated with, or related to a juridical entity, company, or organization, and the request is made not on behalf of such juridical entity, a company, or organization but arises from such membership, affiliation or relation, such other sufficient proof of authority. For example, for an employee or member, a copy of the company or organization I.D.; or for students, a copy of the school I.D., or written endorsement of the supervising teacher, professor, or instructor. 
To protect your privacy, kindly send it via email at [email protected].

The Revised DOT FOI Manual is accessible at http://tourism.gov.ph/transparency_seal.aspx

You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0wNDg5NTkzMDcxMjcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-048959307127, to respond.

While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 10 October 2023 07:18:29 AM, your request will be closed.

We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Atty. Jennifer A. Olba
DOT FOI Decision Maker

Atty. Jennifer A. Olba
DOT FOI Decision Maker

Dear Atty. Olba, 

Thank you very much for your prompt response.

I have already sent my ID to [email protected] as requested.

With reagards to my request, the data will be used for the dissertation / research with a working general title: "Heritage Economic Valuation of the dynamic Cultural Landscapes in the Philippines", to be fulfilled for Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. One of the aims is the policy simulation of  a Conservation-Destination Management Fee through Heritage Economic Valuation.

For the period, I would to kindly request from 2003 to 2023 (or the latest). Within 20 years if possible.

Anticipating for your kind and generous support.

Respectfully yours, 
Kenneth J. Tua

20 July 2023

Dear Mr. Tua,

Thank you for your response dated 19 July 2023 via the eFOI portal and email regarding our request for compliance with Sections 13.3.b, 13.4 and 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual.

We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 9 August 2023 07:39 AM to respond regarding our findings.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact us using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0wNDg5NTkzMDcxMjcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-048959307127.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Atty. Jennifer A. Olba
DOT FOI Decision Maker

31 July 2023

Dear Mr. Tua,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 18 July 2023 07:39:17 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for the following tourism data from 2003 to 2023; 

1.	List of cultural tourism sites in the Philippines;
2.	Types of cultural tourism sites;
3.	Number of visitors to cultural tourism sites; and
4.	Factors leading people to visit Cultural Tourism Sites in the Philippines.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. Upon coordination with the concerned office, the data being requested is not yet available as of this time. 

As such, we are constrained to deny your request under Section 6 (b) of Office of the President Memorandum Circular No. 89, which exempts from the right to access information such information that a premature disclosure would be likely to frustrate the implementation of a proposed official action.

For further assistance, you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with our response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review by writing a letter or email addressed to Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco of the Department of Tourism and sending it through the email address: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with the response and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this response. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 working days from the date when we receive your request for review.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Feedback

Additionally, for us to be able to provide you with better services, may we request you to accomplish the DOT FOI Request Feedback Form: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePz8rTG_IWrLgkIGCbNu39mM4Ms7XauR9LVUiE-6y8QCxyPg/viewform

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Atty. Jennifer A. Olba
DOT FOI Decision Maker