Department of Tourism(DOT)

11 December 2023 Dear Citizen, We refer to your letter dated 6 December 2023 09:37:14 AM about your request for the agency plans on the shopping, leisure, and recreation 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; - kindly specify the document or data you are requesting. The request is too general. Kindly specify so that we can refer the request to the concerned office/division in the DOT; •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://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC04NzI0MjYzMzU0NTYM, for request with ticket number #DOT-872426335456, to respond. While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 4 March 2024 07:16:19 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you soon. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Jennifer A. Olba DOT FOI Decision Maker

3 January 2024 Dear Citizen, Thank you for your response dated 13 December 2023 via the eFOI portal 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 8 January 2024 09:37 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://efoi-ph.uc.r.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC04NzI0MjYzMzU0NTYM, for request with ticket number #DOT-872426335456. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Jennifer A. Olba DOT FOI Decision Maker

3 January 2024 Dear Citizen, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 6 December 2023 09:37:14 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for a copy of the NTDP 2023 -2028 and the agency plans on the shopping, leisure, and recreation industries. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. We will send a copy of the National Tourism Development Plan 2023-2028 to your email address. Please note that we can only provide some of the information you have requested as the request for plans on the shopping, leisure, and recreation industries is too vague. 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 working 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