Dear Editor,
Allow me to express my candid concern and deep disgust about the public beach located behind the craft market in Negril. The current condition of this public facility can only be described as Riverton in Negril.
As one of the very few public beach locations which citizens can visit freely with their families, it is disheartening to see the deplorable condition of the beach, riddled from one end to another with garbage: empty drink bottles, disposable plastic and paper items, unfinished meals, even soiled diapers! As far as the eyes can see, the beach was perforated with unimaginable filth.
What's more it has now become the practice for hustlers to take horses on to the beach in an effort to offer rides to tourists at a small cost. These hustlers have obviously forgotten their responsibility to clean up their mess after the day's sales, as their beach was disgracefully decorated is horse mess.
With advanced technology at our fingertips, these images can be sent worldwide and cause irreparable damage to our tourist industry as tourists also walk the stretch of beach. This would damage the worldwide perception of Negril's seven-mile stretch as pristine.
I appeal to the authorities and the citizens of Negril to clean up this mess! We should preserve not pollute this paradise!
Nicole Gayle
mintygirl1000
Allow me to express my candid concern and deep disgust about the public beach located behind the craft market in Negril. The current condition of this public facility can only be described as Riverton in Negril.
As one of the very few public beach locations which citizens can visit freely with their families, it is disheartening to see the deplorable condition of the beach, riddled from one end to another with garbage: empty drink bottles, disposable plastic and paper items, unfinished meals, even soiled diapers! As far as the eyes can see, the beach was perforated with unimaginable filth.
What's more it has now become the practice for hustlers to take horses on to the beach in an effort to offer rides to tourists at a small cost. These hustlers have obviously forgotten their responsibility to clean up their mess after the day's sales, as their beach was disgracefully decorated is horse mess.
With advanced technology at our fingertips, these images can be sent worldwide and cause irreparable damage to our tourist industry as tourists also walk the stretch of beach. This would damage the worldwide perception of Negril's seven-mile stretch as pristine.
I appeal to the authorities and the citizens of Negril to clean up this mess! We should preserve not pollute this paradise!
Nicole Gayle
mintygirl1000