Department of Tourism(DOT)

3 August 2023 Dear Ms. Baes, We refer to your letter dated 1 August 2023 09:39:52 PM about your request for the number of visitors to Oriental Mindoro from 2020-2022, 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 13.4 and 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual by providing the following: •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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0xODE5NDcwMDMzNzIM, for request with ticket number #DOT-181947003372, to respond. While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 26 October 2023 05:27:37 AM, 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

24 August 2023 Dear Citizen, Thank you for your response dated 7 August 2023 via the eFOI portal regarding our request for compliance with Sections 13.4 and 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual. We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 31 August 2023 09:39 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0xODE5NDcwMDMzNzIM, for request with ticket number #DOT-181947003372. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Jennifer A. Olba DOT FOI Decision Maker

24 August 2023 Dear Citizen, Thank you for your response dated 23 August 2023 via the eFOI portal regarding our request for compliance with Sections 13.4 and 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual. Kindly provide the proper identification as per Section 13.5.d of the above manual. To protect your privacy, kindly send it via email at [email protected]. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0xODE5NDcwMDMzNzIM, for request with ticket number #DOT-181947003372, to respond. While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 16 November 2023 05:20:23 AM, 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

31 August 2023 Dear Citizen, Thank you for your response dated 25 August 2023 via the eFOI portal regarding our request for compliance with Sections 13.4 and 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual. We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 18 September 2023 09:39 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0xODE5NDcwMDMzNzIM, for request with ticket number #DOT-181947003372. Thank you. Respectfully, DOT FOI Decision Maker

16 September 2023 Dear Citizen, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 1 August 2023 09:39:52 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for the tourism statistics data of Oriental Mindoro such as tourist arrivals, estimated tourist receipts, and average length of stay from 2019 to 2022. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. We have enclosed a copy of the data on tourist arrivals, estimated tourist receipts, and average length of stay from 2019 to 2022. The said data is sourced from the DOT MIMAROPA Regional Office’s TourLISTA system. Please also be reminded that the eFOI portal is made to process requests for information from private citizens. Requests for official data from one government agency to another, where the data being requested will be used to execute its mandate are considered a government transaction. As such, it should be made through official business between government agencies in the form of a letter or email, direct to the specific agency. The advice was sourced through the FOI-PMO. 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 be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this reply and must provide the reason/s why you are not satisfied. We will complete the review and notify you of 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