Department of Tourism(DOT)

Hi, will you help me secure the following data;

1) Hotel Accommodations, Average daily expenditure and Visitor's Average length of stay in the year 2018 (Foreign Tourist Arrivals).
2) Elaborated foreign tourist arrivals accommodating on 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 star hotels in the year 2018, particularly in NCR. (If availability is high)
3) Statistical data of hotel in business here in the Philippines for the year 2018, particularly 5 star hotels in the NCR. (If it helps the tourism growth).


Looking forward to your response.

August 27, 2019

Dear carl,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Aug 27, 2019 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Hotel Data.

Response to your request

We were able to determine that this particular information is already asked thrice by the same person therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. We will answer the first query posted.

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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 our Department Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat at [email protected]. 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.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Maricel C. Malalad
DOT FOI Receiving Officer