Starting from today, the workers at Nis Airport will check in baggage and passengers on 4 counters for 2 different flights at the same time. In this way, the airport services will be more operational and will provide better service to passengers who fly from Nis to some European destinations. Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatović visited the airport so that he could personally check the way the procedures for registering of passengers and baggage were being done airport check-in counters. “It is very important that Nis Airport continues to improve. We expect this year a record number of passengers, as many as 300 000. As local self-government we are trying to help further modernization of the airport. Some of the activities that are ahead of us are the reconstruction of buildings, purchase of new equipment, such as the new unit to supply aircraft with electricity. Together with SMATSA we will implement the project of procurement of the new control tower and new lights for night landings”, said Mayor Bulatovic on this occasion. The City of Nis invested 35 million dinars in the works on the reconstruction of the airport building while Nis Airport contributed 2 million dinars from their own funds.

According to the Republic Bureau of Statistics, in December 2016, Nis was visited by 49% more tourists than in the same time in 2015; the number of domestic tourists increased by 22%, while the number of the foreign tourists increased by 72%. In December last year 37% more tourists stayed overnight than in December 2015. From January to December 2016, 12% percent more tourists visited Nis than in the same period in 2015. The hotels’ facilities were full since 8.6% tourist more used the services of the hotels and hostels in the same period.

If we compare tourism traffic in 2016 to a continuous period since 2013, there is an increase of 35% with arrivals of domestic tourists being increased by 23% and foreign by as much as 48%. The largest number of foreign tourists in Nis came from Bulgaria, Greece and Germany, who during 2015 were the most frequent visitors of Nis. Bulgarians, Germans and Greeks in 2016 visited Nis by 30% more than in 2015. Also there is the notable increase in the number of foreign tourists from the Russian Federation and Turkey.

Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic attended the draw for the matches of the Davis Cup between Serbian and Russian teams which would take place in the Sports Hall Cair in Nis from February 3^rd to February 5^th. On this occasion the Mayor welcomed the two teams with the words that Nis was the city of sports and that he hoped that the city authorities met the expectations of the selections of Serbia and Russia and proved to be a good host. He said that there was a huge interest in the matches as evidenced by the packed Sports Hall Cair at training that Serbian team had the day before. Mayor Bulatovic added that he expected the atmosphere in Sports Hall Cair during the three days of competition to be great and that the fans would give an extra energy to tennis players. “I would like to wish success and good luck to both teams. Let the better ones win, “said the Mayor.

Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic and his associates met with the President of the Tennis Association of Serbia Mirko Petrovic to discuss further cooperation between the association and the city. On this occasion Petrovic thanked the City for its efforts in organizing Davis Cup matches between Serbian and Russian teams. He said that Nis was an exceptional host to Serbian tennis players who liked to play before the Nis audience and that he was confident that the atmosphere would be great. Mayor Bulatovic said on this occasion that an important sporting events as this one was contributed to further promotion of the sports in Nis which always was the city of sports and that he was sure that in the coming period Nis could be the host again to the best tennis players of Serbia. Petrovic, who is also CEO of Dunav Insurance Company and Mayor Bulatovic talked about other forms of cooperation. Petrović has promised to support the City of Nis in organizing events in the field of culture, science and others.

Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic and Nis City Council Member Jelena Mitrovski met with the doyen of Serbian acting Mr.Tanasije Uzunovic and other members of the team that would be working on TV series History of Nis from prehistoric times to the present.

The series, sponsored by the City of Nis, will consist of 15 episodes, as well as two-hour specials that will be shown at Film Festival in 2018. The series is realized fully by team from Nis. The director is Boban Rajkovic, the screenwriter is historian Nebojsa Ozimic, the music was written by Borislav Mladenovic Caba, and the producers are Dragan Videnovic and Miodrag Stojadinovic. The narrator and promoter of the series is our famous actor, born in Nis, Tanasije Uzunovic. He will, with his voice and appearance, lead the story through the centuries of glorious history of Nis.

It is the master work that represent Nis and its rich history and tradition in the best light and thus contribute to further promotion of the city and show how abundant is the  cultural of our city, but so far under-exploited.