Bela Stena is officially classified as the wild beach. It means it has no lifeguard service and the ambulance. Further, it has no electricity or the running water. Also, the open fire is forbidden, so the visitors light fire in the holes they dig in the sand on the beach. There are four fish restaurants which use power generators. A small beach made it a popular resort in the 1970s and 1980s, when the population grew to 20,000 over the weekends. It was especially popular as a destination for children's tourism. But little has been done to improve the conditions, especially in terms of traffic accessibility. With the rapid expansion and modernization of Ada Ciganlija, close to downtown Belgrade, and the emergence of the Lido beach near Zemun, Bela Stena gradually became less popular, though it is estimated that some 7,000 people still visit over the weekends during summer season.
