Editing Marion, Illinois (section)

==Tourism==
Tourism promotion and marketing in Marion is conducted at the county level with a county bed tax of five percent. Forty percent of that amount goes to the Williamson County Tourism Bureau and the remaining 60 percent to the Williamson County Events Commission for debt service on the bonds used to build the Williamson County Pavilion, a multi-use meeting and convention center immediately north of the Illinois Centre Mall in Marion. That building also houses the tourism bureau.

Camping facilities in the city include the new Marion Campground & RV Park, located off of Exit 53 on the east side of the interstate.<ref>Campgrounds. Williamson County Tourism Bureau. http://www.visitsi.com/lodging.html</ref>

Major attractions that draw visitors to Marion include events at Marion Stadium (Mt Dew Park), events at [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale|Southern Illinois University-Carbondale]], The Southern Illinois Roller Girls bouts at The Pavilion Events, approximately two dozen wineries within a {{convert|45|mi|km|adj=on}} radius of the city including those on the [[Shawnee Hills Wine Trail]] and the [[Southern Illinois Wine Trail]], [[Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge]] adjacent to the city, [[Lake of Egypt]] immediately to the south and the [[Shawnee National Forest]] and various state parks that stretch along the Shawnee Hills from river to river.