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Travel and Tourism Industry Performance

Requested from DOT by N. Colita at 01:21 PM on Jan 21, 2020.
Purpose: Research
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2019
Tracking no: #DOT-608230077940

Colita 01:21 PM, Jan 21, 2020

Dear DOT,

I would like to request for the following tourism industry performance information.

Annual and monthly information, from January 2016 to December 2019, on:
1. Total visitor receipts (in Php)
2. Top 20 spending markets and related amount of receipts
3. Per capita expenditure of top 20 markets
4. Visitor arrivals by airport
5. Visitor arrivals by seaports

Note that information available on DOT's website are currently limited, especially in 2018 and 2019, hence this request.

Thank you!

Office 05:57 PM, Jan 13, 2021

January 13, 2021

Dear Mr. Colita,

Thank you for your request dated 21 January 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Travel and Tourism Industry Performance.

Likewise, please be informed that though your request was lodged last 21 January 2020, we were only able to access it today, 13 January 2021 due to technical problem in the FOI Portal. We will respond to your request on or before 03 February 2021.

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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC02MDgyMzAwNzc5NDAM, for request with ticket number #DOT-608230077940.

Thank you.

Respectfully yours,


Maricel C. Malalad
DOT FOI Receiving Officer

Service 06:12 PM, Jan 13, 2021

January 13, 2021

Dear Mr. Colita,

We refer to your request dated 21 January 2020 on Travel and Tourism Industry Performance, made pursuant to Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on the Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

We apologize for the delay in the processing of your request as the Department experienced technical difficulties. Additionally, we would like to clarify if you are still interested to obtain the information that you have requested. You may respond by using the reply function in the request with ticket number #DOT-608230077940 in the eFOI portal, accessible at https://twdbcwd20190204-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC02MDgyMzAwNzc5NDAM.

In the meantime, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply within sixty (60) days, your request will be closed.

Thank you for your understanding and we look forward to hearing from you.

Respectfully yours,


Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria
DOT FOI Decision Maker

Service 07:34 PM, Apr 07, 2021

Apr 07, 2021

Dear Niñolito,

I refer to my letter of Jan 13, 2021 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Travel and Tourism Industry Performance. 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 Apr 07, 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.

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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

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