Requested from DOT by S. De Leon at 05:07 PM on
Mar 19, 2022.
Purpose: Research Purpose
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2021
Tracking no: #DOT-861856471817
De Leon 05:07 PM, Mar 19, 2022
Good day!
I would like to request for the information of the following:
1. The number of Korean visitors in the Philippines for the year 2017-2021.
2. The number of Koreans living in the Philippines for the year 2017-2021.
3. In relation to the requests mentioned above , what cities in the Philippines do Koreans mostly reside and visit?
Hoping to hear from you.
Thank you!
Office 08:04 AM, Mar 21, 2022
March 21, 2022
Dear Ms. De Leon,
Thank you for your request dated March 19, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Statistics of Korean Visitors and Koreans Living in the Philippines.
We received your request on March 19, 2022 and will respond on or before April 11, 2022 05:07:27 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.
Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact us using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster05042017110000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC04NjE4NTY0NzE4MTcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-861856471817.
Thank you.
Respectfully yours,
Maricel C. Malalad
DOT FOI Receiving Officer
Service 08:44 AM, Mar 21, 2022
March 21, 2022
Dear Ms. De Leon,
We refer to your letter dated 19 March 2022 on the statistics of Korean visiting living in the Philippines, 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 Section 13.4 of the DOT FOI Manual by providing the 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 purpose shall not be considered to have met the requirements of specificity.
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 https://pcoomaster05042017110000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC04NjE4NTY0NzE4MTcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-861856471817, 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 13 June 2022 12:33:32 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
De Leon 12:07 PM, Mar 21, 2022
This is my reply to my request with ticket number #DOT-861856471817.
The purpose of my request is for my Undergraduate Thesis in Bachelor of Architecture since I am gathering information for my thesis topic.
Hoping for your kind consideration. Thank you.
Service 12:52 PM, Mar 21, 2022
March 21, 2022
Dear Ms. De Leon,
Thank you for your response dated 21 March 2022, with regard to our letter regarding compliance to Section 13.4 of the DOT FOI Manual.
Prior the processing of your request, we kindly request you to further explain the thesis topic you are working on.
You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC04NjE4NTY0NzE4MTcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-861856471817, to respond.
You would still have until 13 June 2022 04:48:44 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
De Leon 05:34 PM, Mar 24, 2022
Good day! This is my reply to my request with ticket number #DOT-861856471817.
In preparation for the upcoming 1st semester of college year 2022-2023, as a partial fulfillment for the degree of Bachelor of Architecture, architectural thesis is one of the requirements. To be able to do the thesis, we are tasked first to choose our topic and we need supplemental information about our chosen topic for it to be approved. The topic I've chosen for my thesis is "Korean Cultural Center". I've chosen this topic to commemorate and enhance the bilateral relationship between Korea and the Philippines and it will showcase Korean culture to the Filipinos who are interested to it. Based on my observations, there are many Filipinos who are fond of Korean culture especially the foods, music and Kdramas and there are Koreans who are visiting and even some are living in the Philippines. In line with this, I would also like to ask for your kind permission to request for the information of the number of Koreans who have visited and Koreans who are living in the Philippines since 2017 and what places here in the Philippines do these Koreans visit and/or reside.
I am hoping for your positive response and favorable consideration on this request. Thank you.
Service 02:00 PM, Mar 25, 2022
March 25, 2022
Dear Ms. De Leon,
Thank you for your response dated 24 March 2022, with regard to our letter regarding request to further explain the thesis topic you are working on.
We have now continued processing your request. Kindly give us until 13 April 2022 05:07 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC04NjE4NTY0NzE4MTcM, for request with ticket number #DOT-861856471817.
Thank you.
Respectfully yours,
Dir. Lara Victoria Estevez-Austria
DOT FOI Decision Maker
Service 08:24 AM, Apr 09, 2022
April 9, 2022
Dear Ms. De Leon,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated19 March 2022 05:07:27 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for the statistics of Koreans visiting and living in the Philippines
Response to Request
Your FOI request was approved.
You may access the data on the number of Korean tourists in the Philippines from 2017 to 2021 through the links below:
2017-2020: http://www.tourism.gov.ph/tourism_dem_sup_pub.aspx
2021: https://beta.tourism.gov.ph/industryperformance
Below are the places outside Metro Manila visited by Korean tourists from 2017 to 2020:
2017
- Cebu (36.00%)
- Boracay (14.50%)
- Palawan (0.70%)
- Kalibo (13.60%)
- Bohol (4.80%)
- Pampanga (4.20%)
- Tagaytay (13.10%)
- Batangas (6.40%)
- Angeles (1.20%)
- Laguna (6.50%)
- Others (20.00%)
2018
- Cebu (0.80%)
- Palawan (0.90%)
- Bohol (0.60%)
- Pampanga (7.50%)
- Boracay (8.50%)
- Tagaytay (30.90%)
- Batangas (14.80%)
- Laguna (13.00%)
- Davao (1.00%)
- Kalibo (7.50%)
- Others (41.00%)
2019
- Batangas (13.40%)
- Bohol (0.20%)
- Boracay (15.40%)
- Cebu (1.30%)
- Davao (1.10%)
- Kalibo (15.00%)
- Laguna (13.20%)
- Palawan (0.80%)
- Pampanga (11.00%)
- Tagaytay (27.70%)
- Others (35.20%)
2020
- Cebu (1.98%)
- Palawan (2.72%)
- Boracay (20.00%)
- Pampanga (16.05%)
- Kalibo (19.01%)
- Bohol (0.00%)
- Cavite (15.56%)
- Puerto Galera (12.59%)
- Batangas (13.09%)
- Laguna (10.37%)
- Others (26.65%)
Likewise, please be informed that per the Department's Statistics, Economic Analysis and Information Management Division (SEAIMD), the data on the places outside Metro Manila visited by Korean tourists in 2021 is not yet available.
Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested as the data above were the only available data from the SEAIMD.
As for the rest of the requested information, you may coordinate with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and/or the Bureau of Immigration through the links below:
- https://psa.gov.ph/directory
- https://immigration.gov.ph/contact-us/main-office
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 foi_ro@tourism.gov.ph. 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
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