Department of Tourism(DOT)

Dear Citizen,

Mabuhay!

We refer to your letter dated 19 October 2025 at 3:21PM, regarding your request titled Tourist Data in CALABARZON, made under Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016 on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Prior the processing of your request, kindly ensure that your request is fully compliant with the 2023 DOT FOI Manual by providing the following: 

• Reasonable description of the information/document requested (Section 14.4.b) In particular, it would be helpful to know if you are requesting for the number of tourist arrivals in CALABARZON from 2023 to 2025 on Item No. 1?
• Specific reason for, or purpose of, the request for information (Section 14.4.c)
• Purpose of Request. For purposes of this Manual, the reason for or purpose of the request for information shall be specific or adequately and sufficiently described. The following general averments of the purpose such as "for information", "for research", "for legal purposes", or other similar worded purposes shall not be considered to have met the requirement of specificity (Section 14.5) Kindly sufficiently describe the reason/purpose of request (For academic purpose, kindly provide thesis title).
• 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 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 ID; of for students, a copy of the school ID, or written endorsement of the supervising teacher, professor, or instructor (Section 14.6.d)

Here is a copy of the 2023 DOT FOI Manual for your ready reference DEPARTMENT ORDER 2023-0100

Your prompt response will allow us to proceed with your request on time.

To respond to the request with ticket number #DOT-643051587187, please use the reply function located on the eFOI portal at https://savethedatev211152018-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyIAsSB0NvbnRlbnQiE0ZPSVBNTy01OTM3NzM2Njg1NjcM.

While we await your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before 21 January 2026, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time.

Thank you.

Respectfully yours,

FOI Receiving Officer

Department of Tourism