Department of Tourism(DOT)

19 December 2022 Dear Ms. Alberto, We refer to your letter dated 16 December 2022 06:42:14 PM about your request for the number of American tourists in Bulacan, Pampanga, and Metro Manila from February to November 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 Section 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual by providing the following: •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. Kindly send it via email at [email protected]. - only the back side of the ID was submitted and not the front side. 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://pcoomaster02282018153000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0zOTc2Nzc2OTc1MTMM, for request with ticket number #DOT-397677697513, to respond. While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 13 March 2023 05:14:47 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

19 December 2022 Dear Ms. Alberto, Thank you for your response dated 19 December 2022 via email, regarding our request for compliance with Section 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual. We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 11 January 2023 06:42 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0zOTc2Nzc2OTc1MTMM, for request with ticket number #DOT-397677697513. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Jennifer A. Olba Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker

28 December 2022 Dear Ms. Alberto, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 16 December 2022 06:42:14 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for the following tourism data: 1. Number of American tourists in Bulacan, Pampanga, and Metro Manila from February to November 2022. 2. Number of American tourists who are staying in the Philippines for thirty days or less, for leisure purposes, and under the age of 23 to 60 years old. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. We have enclosed a copy of the following relative to the information you requested: 1. Visitor Arrivals of North America by Purpose of Visit and Age, July to November 2022; 2. Visitor Arrivals of North America by Purpose of Visit, 2021; 3. Visitor Arrivals of North America by Age, 2021; 4. Number of tourists from North America as of August 2022 (submitted by DOT-NCR) As additional information, you may also check the data on Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence through this link: http://www.tourism.gov.ph/tourism_dem_sup_pub.aspx Please note that we can only provide some of the information you requested. Upon coordination with DOT Region 3, as of 30 November 2022, there is no recorded data of American Tourists for both Bulacan and Pampanga. As for DOT-NCR, the submitted data is the only available data as of this time. 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 Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker