THE EDITOR, Sir:
THE JAMAICA Tourist Board (JTB) must be commended for attempting to improve the offerings at Boston Jerk Festival, but the attempts were overshadowed by the clear lack of organisation for gaining access to the festival grounds. The humid temperatures that prevailed in Portland did not help the chaos that reigned outside the gates of the Boston playing field.
This is an open letter to JTB to address the ticketing system for this event. It is unconscionable that persons (even more unthinkable for children) be forced to stand in makeshift queues for close to one hour to gain access to an event that they are paying for! To help alleviate the burdensome experience I kept thinking of the myriad of painless things that my three hundred dollars could fund!
Looking around at the angry sweaty faces around me, I believe that many people were also thinking, "what am I doing here?!"
I am etc,
J. LINDSAY
76 Caribbean Terrace
Kingston 17
Letters@gleanerjm.com
