Department of Tourism(DOT)

25 May 2022 Dear Ms. Malalad, We refer to your letter dated 24 May 2022 regarding your request for the tourism recovery approaches/strategies made by DOT-CALABARZON in the Province of Cavite during the Pandemic, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 14 June 2022 04:35 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC04Mzk5MzUzNTQ4NTQM, for request with ticket number #DOT-839935354854. Thank you. Respectfully, Dir. Lara Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

1 June 2022 Dear Ms. Malalad, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 24 May 2022 04:35:37 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for the tourism recovery approaches/strategies made by DOT-CALABARZON in the Province of Cavite during the Pandemic. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. We have enclosed a copy of all trainings conducted by DOT-CALABARZON with Cavite stakeholders as its beneficiary relative to the information you requested. Please be informed that during the height of the pandemic, movements were limited and access to visit the area of jurisdiction were sometimes prohibited by the local government units in observance of the health and safety restrictions imposed by the IATF. During that time, the DOT CALABARZON were only able to conduct capacity building trainings virtually. 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 Bernadette Romulo-Puyat 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, Dir. Lara Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker