Department of Tourism(DOT)

Hi! May I request please for the number of domestic passenger per passenger type (business, leisure, visiting family and friends) per airline in the Philippines separated annually. Please also include your agency's forecast until 2025.

The agency forecast can just be in general without separating per airline and separated according to type of transpo (air, land, sea).

September 12, 2022

Dear Ms. Tabalon,

Thank you for your request dated September 11, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of domestic passenger per passenger type (business, leisure, visiting family and friends).

We received your request on September 11, 2022 and will respond on or before October 03, 2022 12:06:29 PM, 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 us using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foipmo01082020164859-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC01NzI2MzU5MDA0NjcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-572635900467.

Thank you.


Respectfully yours,

Maricel C. Malalad
DOT FOI Receiving Officer

12 September 2022

Dear Ms. Tabalon,

We refer to your letter dated 11 September 2022 12:06:29 PM about your request for the annual number of domestic tourists by the purpose of visit and by the airline, and the projected number of tourists by 2025, 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 and 13.4 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 period/year for the number of tourists;

•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. 

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://pcoomaster10302018110000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC01NzI2MzU5MDA0NjcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-572635900467, to respond.

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 5 December 2022 06:58:04 AM, your request will be closed.

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

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Atty. Jennifer A. Olba
Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker

Hi,

This is research is for the study on domestic airline industry in the Philippine for my MBA completion. Data needed is from 2017 until year to date, separated by year.

27 September 2022

Dear Ms. Tabalon,

Thank you for your response dated 25 September 2022 via the eFOI portal, with regard to our request for compliance with Sections 13.3.b and 13.4 of the Revised DOT FOI Manual.

We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 18 October 2022 12:06 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://foipmo10042019152320-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC01NzI2MzU5MDA0NjcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-572635900467.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Atty. Jennifer A. Olba
Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker

3 October 2022

Dear Ms. Tabalon,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 11 September 2022 12:06:29 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for the following:
1.	Annual number of domestic tourists by the purpose of visit from 2017 to 2022;
2.	Annual number of domestic tourists by the airline from 2017 to 2022; and
3.	Projected number of tourist arrivals by 2025.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have any data on the information you have requested.

1. Please be informed that we only have data on the number of domestic travelers based on the 2016 Household Survey on Domestic Visitors (HSDV) conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Upon coordination with SEAIMD, there is no available data for 2017 to the present because the said survey is not conducted annually. However, the next HSDV survey is scheduled on November 2022. Kindly directly coordinate with PSA for information: https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests?agency=PSA

2. Upon coordination with SEAIMD, the DOT does not have any data on the number of domestic tourists by the airline. You may wish to coordinate with CAAP for the said data: https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests?agency=CAAP

3. Please be informed that we have no data on the projected number of tourist arrivals by 2025, only up to 2022.

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 Ma. Esperanza Christina Garcia Frasco of the Department of Tourism and send it through 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
Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker