Department of Tourism(DOT)

October 28, 2020 Dear Ms. Grimaldo, We refer to yoyr letter of October 28, 2020 03:10:14 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Tourist Arrivals. 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 if you are requesting for the data on tourist arrivals in the Philippines or just a particular province/region in the country. Likewise, we would like to confirm if you are requesting for the data covering just the 3rd Quarters of 2019 and 2020 or the data covering the 3rd Quarter of 2019 up to the 3rd Quarter of 2020. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC04NTIyOTA5MDA2OTMM, for request with ticket number #DOT-852290900693, 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 20, 2021 07:15:31 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

Jan 20, 2021 Dear Juna Alyanna, I refer to my letter of Oct 28, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Tourist Arrivals. 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 20, 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