Department of Tourism(DOT)

1 October 2023 Dear Citizen, We refer to your letter dated 29 September 2023 09:42:09 AM about your request for Tourism data on Tagbilaran City, Bohol from 2020-2023, 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://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC00NDQ0Njg0OTU5NDkM, for request with ticket number #DOT-444468495949, to respond. While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 22 December 2023 03:00:06 PM, 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

2 October 2023 Dear Citizen, Thank you for your response dated 2 October 2023 via the eFOI portal and email 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 23 October 2023 09:42 AM 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://pcoomaster11222017130000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC00NDQ0Njg0OTU5NDkM, for request with ticket number #DOT-444468495949. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Jennifer A. Olba DOT FOI Decision Maker

6 October 2023 Dear Citizen, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 29 September 2023 09:42:09 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for various tourism data on Tagbilaran City and Bohol from 2020-2023. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. We have enclosed a copy of the Tagbilaran City Regional Distribution of Travelers from 2020 - 2023 (Partial) as well as the Report on the LGU Ranking in Central Visayas for 2020. You may find the list of DOT-Accredited accommodation establishments through this link: https://beta.tourism.gov.ph/accreditations/#dot-accredited You may also want to use this as a reference: http://www.tourism.gov.ph/tourism_dem_sup_pub.aspx Please note that we can only provide some of the information you requested as the others are not available in the DOT Regional Office 7. You may want to directly coordinate with the respective LGUs, through the following contact information: Tagbilaran City Email Address: [email protected] Bohol Provincial Government Email Address: [email protected], [email protected] 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 calendar 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 DOT FOI Decision Maker