Department of Tourism(DOT)

October 25, 2021 Dear Mr. Rosellon, We refer to your letter dated 24 October 2021 on the COVID-19 Impact and Responses Report, made pursuant to Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Prior the processing of your request, please ensure that your request is fully compliant with Sections 12.3 and 12.5 of the DOT FOI Manual by providing the following: •Details of the requesting party, such as name, contact information, affiliation, company, or organization; •Reasonable description of the information requested. Particularly, the exact/specific data that you wish to request because the information that you requested requires assessment and not merely giving of information. •Valid government I.D. containing the photograph and signature of the requesting party. The DOT FOI Manual is accessible at http://www.tourism.gov.ph/files/DEPARTMENT%20ORDER%202019-115%20FREEDOM%20OF%20INFORMATION%20(FOI)%20MANUAL%2012-05-19.pdf. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC01NTM0NDc5ODY3MzAM, for request with ticket number #DOT-553447986730, to respond. As for your complete contact information, affiliation and the copy of your valid government ID, you may send it via email at [email protected]. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 17 January 2022 03:55:15 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

November 9, 2021 Dear Mr. Rosellon, Thank you for your response dated 06 November 2021 via email, with regard to our letter regarding compliance to Sections 12.3 and 12.5 of the DOT FOI Manual. We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 26 November 2021 09:52 PM 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC01NTM0NDc5ODY3MzAM, for request with ticket number #DOT-553447986730. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Atty. Helen Grace J. Somera Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker

November 23, 2021 Dear Mr. Rosellon, We refer to your letter dated 24 October 2021 on COVID-19 Impact and Responses Report, made pursuant to Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Our response to your request is due on 26 November 2021 09:52:54 PM. Unfortunately, it is taking longer than expected to deal with your request because we are still waiting for the feedback from the Department’s Standards Development Division (SDD). We apologize for this delay. We have applied for an extension so we could work further on your request. We hope to be able to send you a response on or before 28 December 2021 09:52:54 PM. 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC01NTM0NDc5ODY3MzAM, for request with ticket number #DOT-553447986730. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Atty. Helen Grace J. Somera Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker

December 1, 2021 Dear Mr. Rosellon, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 24 October 2021 09:52:54 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for the COVID-19 Impact and Responses Report. Response to Request Your FOI request was approved. We enclosed a copy of the information you have requested. Likewise, please be informed that per the Department's Standard Monitoring and Enforcement Division (SMED), the creation of the monitoring file for closed tourism enterprises only started last February 2021. Hence, they do not have data for 2020. Furthermore, we shall be sending the guidelines on the operations of tourism-related enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to present, as we cannot attached it on the eFOI Portal due to its large file size. Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested as we are still waiting for the feedback of the concerned office regarding the data on the number of tourism workers who became unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to present. We hope to be able to send you the aforementioned data on or before 28 December 2021 Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat at 351 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. 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). Thank you. Respectfully yours, Atty. Helen Grace J. Somera Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker