Local campaigns to support the integration of migrants have begun in seven cities with the largest number of migrants in Serbia, Subotica, Sremska Mitrovica, Sid, Belgrade, Nis, Vranje and Presevo, Civil society organizations from these cities will, together with local networks for supporting refugee integration, organize activities to reduce the social distance between the local and migrant population and point to the needs and problems of migrants. The meeting of representatives of NGOs and city institutions on the issue of reducing the distance between migrants and the local population was held in NiS today. Nis City Council Member for Social Care Issues Tijana Djordjevic Ilic said that the city, in accordance with its possibilities, helped the inclusion of migrant children in elementary schools and that many children from migrant families attended classes at the school in Bela Palanka. So far, 2200 migrants have passed through the center in Divljana, and 8 babies were born.

In the period from January to March this year, the total number of tourists who visited our city has increased by 12 % compared to the same period last year. The number of domestic tourists increased by 7 %, while the number of foreign guests, according to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, increased by 16 %. The number of overnight stays for the same period increased 13 % compared to the previous year, and now it amounts to 33 389, with the number of overnight stays of domestic tourists increasing by 17%, and foreign by 9%. When it comes to the countries of origin of foreign guests, in the first quarter of this year, the largest number of tourists in Nis came from neighboring countries Bulgaria and Greece. However the number of foreign guests from China, Macedonia and Sweden was also noticeable. The largest number of tourists visited Nis in March, when the total number of guests increased by 22 % compared to the same period last year.