miranda 01:32 AM, Sep 30, 2022
Hi! I would like to request information about:
1. a number of visitors by season:
- High-season, low-season, and average
- Characteristics of visitors by season; foreign/domestic, leisure/business/VFR, family/alone
- major reasons for fluctuation
2. Visitor Profile;
-domestic/foreign
- age
-sex
- origin
- when do they visit?
- why do they visit
- where do they stay and price range
- what do they do?
This will be for my Tourism Development Project, wherein we are required to get this information with supporting data.
Office 10:26 AM, Oct 03, 2022
October 3, 2022
Dear Ms. Miranda,
Thank you for your request dated September 30, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The number of visitors by seasons in Masbate.
We received your request on September 30, 2022 and will respond on or before October 21, 2022 01:32:43 AM, 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 me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster02202018193000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0xOTM4ODM1ODgwNTUM, for request with ticket number #DOT-193883588055.
Thank you.
Respectfully yours,
Maricel C. Malalad
DOT FOI Receiving Officer
Service 11:50 AM, Oct 03, 2022
3 October 2022
Dear Ms. Miranda,
We refer to your letter dated 30 September 2022 01:32:43 AM about your request for the number of visitors in Masbate, by season, 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 Sections 13.3.b, 13.4 and 13.5.d of the Revised DOT FOI Manual by providing the following:
•Reasonable description of the information requested. In particular, it would be helpful to know the exact/specific information that you wish to request and its exact/specific covered period; - regarding the number of tourists, kindly identify the specific period (ex. 2018-2020).
•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.
•If the requesting party is a natural person who is a member, employee, affiliated with, or related to a juridical entity, company, or organization, and the request is made not on behalf of a such juridical entity, a company, or organization but arises from such membership, affiliation or relation, such other sufficient proof of authority. For example, for an employee or member, a copy of the company or organization I.D.; or for students, a copy of the school I.D., or written endorsement of the supervising teacher, professor, or instructor. Kindly send it via email at foi_dm@tourism.gov.ph.
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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPVC0xOTM4ODM1ODgwNTUM, for request with ticket number #DOT-193883588055, to respond.
While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 26 December 2022 03:48:05 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
