Department of Tourism

Office 01:04 PM, Oct 10, 2022

October 10, 2022

Dear Mr. Helit,

Thank you for your request dated October 09, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Total Number of Travelers from 2016-2021 at Bislig City, Surigao del Sur.

We received your request on October 09, 2022 and will respond on or before October 31, 2022 06:56:35 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Likewise, please be informed that the standard processing period is fifteen (15) working days but it can be extended for another twenty (20) working days for complex requests.

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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC03NTAwMTY5ODg1NjEM, for request with ticket number #DOT-750016988561.

Thank you.


Respectfully yours,

Maricel C. Malalad
DOT FOI Receiving Officer

Service 02:47 PM, Oct 10, 2022

10 October 2022

Dear Mr. Helit,

We refer to your letter dated 9 October 2022 06:56:35 PM about your request for the number of tourists in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur from 2016-2021, 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 Section 13.4 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.

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://2018midyear08242018-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC03NTAwMTY5ODg1NjEM, for request with ticket number #DOT-750016988561, to respond.

While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 2 January 2023 06:44:56 AM, your request will be closed.

We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Atty. Jennifer A. Olba
Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker

Service 09:07 AM, Oct 11, 2022

11 October 2022

Dear Mr. Helit,

Thank you for your response dated 10 October 2022 via the eFOI portal, with regard to our request for compliance with Section 13.4 of the revised DOT FOI Manual.

We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 3 November 2022 06:56 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://foipmo07022020123059-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC03NTAwMTY5ODg1NjEM, for request with ticket number #DOT-750016988561.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Atty. Jennifer A. Olba
Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker

Service 01:35 PM, Oct 14, 2022

14 October 2022

Dear Mr. Helit,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 9 October 2022 06:56:35 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for the following tourism data on Bislig City, Surigao del Sur from 2016-2021:

1.	Number of domestic and foreign tourists;
2.	Total number of flights at Bislig Airport, by month;

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

We have enclosed a copy of the report relative to the information you requested.

Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested as these are the only available data with DOT Region 13. As for the number of flights at Bislig Airport, they only have data from October 2019 to March 2020.
For other queries, you may wish to directly coordinate with the City Tourism Office of Bislig through their email: tourism@bislig.gov.ph, or with CAAP: area_center12@caap.gov.ph

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 Ma. Esperanza Christina Garcia Frasco of the Department of Tourism and send it through email address: foi_ro@tourism.gov.ph. 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,

Atty. Jennifer A. Olba
Acting DOT FOI Decision Maker

Attachments:
 Bislig City Tourism Data.pdf