Department of Tourism(DOT)

March 1, 2022 Dear Ms. Enriquez, We refer to your letter dated 01 March 2022 on tourism statistics/distribution of visitors from 2020 to 2021, made pursuant to Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Prior the processing of your request, please ensure that your request is fully compliant with Sections 13.4 and 13.5.d of the 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,” or “for legal purposes” or other similarly worded purposes shall not be considered to have met the requirements of specificity; •For an employee or member, copy of the company or organization I.D.; or for students, a copy of school I.D., or written indorsement of the supervising teacher, professor, or instructor. Kindly send it via email at [email protected]. The DOT FOI Manual is accessible at http://tourism.gov.ph/transparency_seal.aspx. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at http://efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC03ODMzMDU1NTIwNTIM, for request with ticket number #DOT-783305552052, 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 24 May 2022 06:46:07 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

March 2, 2022 Dear Ms. Enriquez, Thank you for your response dated 02 March 2022, with regard to our letter regarding request for compliance to Sections 13.4 and 13.5.d of the DOT FOI Manual. Prior the processing of your request, we kindly request you to submit a letter issued by Havitas Developments as proof of your affiliation to their company and the nature of the concerned research. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC03ODMzMDU1NTIwNTIM, for request with ticket number #DOT-783305552052, to respond. You would still have until 25 May 2022 05:44:26 AM to provide the information. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

March 2, 2022 Dear Ms. Enriquez, Kindly send the concerned letter via email at [email protected]. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC03ODMzMDU1NTIwNTIM, for request with ticket number #DOT-783305552052, to respond. You would still have until 25 May 2022 06:01:55 AM to provide the information. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

March 4, 2022 Dear Ms. Enriquez, Thank you for your response dated 03 March 2021 via email, with regard to our request for a letter issued by Havitas Developments as proof of your affiliation to their company and the nature of the concerned research. We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 22 March 2022 02:17 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://efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC03ODMzMDU1NTIwNTIM, for request with ticket number #DOT-783305552052. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

March 15, 2022 Dear Ms. Enriquez, We refer to your letter dated 01 March 2022 on tourism statistics/distribution of visitors from 2020 to 2021, made pursuant to Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Our response to your request is due on 22 March 2022 02:17:38 PM. Unfortunately, it is taking longer than expected to deal with your request because we are still waiting for the feedback from the concerned DOT Regional Offices. We apologize for this delay. We have applied for an extension so we could work further on your request. We hope to be able to send you a response on or before 19 April 2022 02:17:38 PM. 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC03ODMzMDU1NTIwNTIM, for request with ticket number #DOT-783305552052. Thank you. Respectfully yours, Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker

April 7, 2022 Dear Ms. Enriquez, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 01 March 2022 02:17:38 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for tourism statistics/distribution of visitors from 2020 to 2021. Response to Request Your FOI request was approved. We enclosed a copy of the information you requested. Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested as the 2021 data is still for finalization for some DOT Regional Offices. You may access the data on the 2020 Distribution of Regional Travelers in the Philippines through this link: https://beta.tourism.gov.ph/demandstatistics. As for the data on the 2020-2021 Visitor Arrivals to the Philippines by Country of Residence, you may access it through the links below: 2020 - http://www.tourism.gov.ph/Tourism_demand/Arrivals2020.pdf 2021 - https://beta.tourism.gov.ph/industryperformance 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 [email protected]. 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 yours, Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria DOT FOI Decision Maker