Department of Tourism(DOT)

October 14, 2020 Dear Mr. Bacsa, We refer to your letter of October 14, 2020 04:55:22 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Tourism data of CALABARZON/Batangas. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. In particular, it would be helpful to know the exact/specific covered period of your requested information. Likewise, kindly provide the exact/specific data relative to tourism rate in CALABARZON and/or Batangas that you wish to request. Also,we would like to clarify if you are referring to the number of tourist arrivals in CALABARZON or Batangas on the third item of our request.You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC05MzU0Mzc3NDQ2NDkM, for request with ticket number #DOT-935437744649, 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 January 06, 2021 11:26:28 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Director Lara Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

October 22, 2020 Dear Mr. Bacsa, Thank you for your response dated October 17, 2020, relative to our letter regarding clarifications your request on Tourism data of CALABARZON/Batangas, dated October 14, 2020 07:37 PM. We would still need to request you to further clarify your request. In particular, it would be helpful to know if you are requesting for the data for both CALABARZON and Batangas. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster07102018140000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC05MzU0Mzc3NDQ2NDkM, for request with ticket number #DOT-935437744649, to respond. You would still have until January 14, 2021 02:19:46 AM to provide the information. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Director Lara Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

Jan 06, 2021 Dear Lemuel St. Raphael, I refer to my letter of Oct 14, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Tourism data of CALABARZON/Batangas. 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 Jan 06, 2021. 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