Dear Citizen,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated 21 February 2025 at 3:05 PM under Executive Order No. 2 s. 2016 on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for the following:
- DOT tourist guidelines for medical tourism
- Design Requirements for Medical Tourism
- Number of Medical Tourism available in the Philippines
- Statistics of foreign visitors who traveled to the Philippines for Medication (2020-2025)
- Statistics of local patients from Central Luzon who traveled to Metro Manila for Medication (2020-2025)
Response to Request
Your FOI request has been approved.
Due to server error, we will send the following documents to the email you have registered:
- Top 10 Medical Tourism Hospitals
- 2003 Rules and Regulations to Govern the Accreditation of Tertiary Hospitals for Medical Tourism
- 2006 Rules and Regulations to Govern the Accreditation of Ambulatory Clinics
- DOT MC No. 2024-0001 Rules and Regulations Governing the Accreditation of Dental Clinics for Dental Tourism
- Report on the Number of foreign visitors from 2020-2024 by purpose
- Types of services sought by medical tourists
Please note that we can only provide some of the information you requested as it is not available. Upon coordination with Region 3, they have no available data specific to medical tourism.
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 Christina Garcia Frasco of the Department of Tourism and sending it through the email address: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with the response and should be made within 15 working days from the date 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:
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Thank you.
Respectfully,
DOT FOI Decision Maker