Department of Tourism(DOT)

1 October 2023 Dear Citizen, We refer to your letter dated 27 September 2023 08:28:58 PM about your request for the Design Guidelines Standards for Retail/ Shopping Center and the number of wellness tourists in the Philippines, 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 Section 13.3.b 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 indicate the period (ex. 2019-2021) for the number of tourists 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0xNjQ2MjM0MTU2MTMM, for request with ticket number #DOT-164623415613, to respond. While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 22 December 2023 02:28:16 PM, 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

12 October 2023 Dear Citizen, Thank you for your response dated 5 October 2023 via the eFOI portal regarding our request for compliance with Section 13.3.b of the Revised DOT FOI Manual. We would still need to request you to further clarify your request. Kindly indicate the period (ex. 2019-2021) for item #3. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0xNjQ2MjM0MTU2MTMM, for request with ticket number #DOT-164623415613, to respond. You would still have until 4 January 2024 03:50:05 AM to provide the information. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Jennifer A. Olba DOT FOI Decision Maker

Dec 11, 2023 Dear FEBIE ANNE, I refer to my letter of Oct 01, 2023 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Design Guidelines Standards for Retail/ Shopping Center in PH. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Dec 22, 2023. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. 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 or visiting our central office. 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, Legal Affairs FOI Officer