Robin Hood will dominate skyline

IT’S fair to say that tourists visiting Nottingham generally come searching for some long lost relic about Robin Hood and his merry men. People flock to Sherwood Forest in hopes of finding the Major Oak after disappointingly finding out that the original castle in which the outlaw’s nemesis lived no longer exists.
But does Nottingham really need a 100-metre statue of Robin to have more tourists flocking in? In fact, would a simple statue of gigantic proportions be enough to attract tourists?
According to businessman James Mellors (correct), the statue could quadruple the number of visitors, so assuming his figures are accurate is Nottingham prepared to attend to so much tourism?
This scheme seems much more like a desperate attempt to catch people’s attention, which in the end could potentially turn the historic city into the laughing stock of the nation.
A statue of an outlaw taller than the Statue of Liberty placed in a city which battles with its reputation for crime? It sounds terribly ironic doesn’t it?
No-one can deny the iconic stature of Robin Hood but that wasn’t enough to keep the Tales of Robin Hood open and now we are expected to invest millions of tax-payers money in a statue.
The question arises what would the good-doer vandal do with the money? Help the most needed or give it to a businessman who wishes to leave a legacy behind?