"Čardak" was then adapted into the educational-recreational center. In March 2020, the provincial administration decided to use it as the camp for the Middle Eastern migrants, who at the time numbered 8,500, scattered in 17 camps all over Serbia. Only those from Vojvodina (several hundreds) were to be placed here. Hundreds of local denizens protested, joined by the representatives of the local administration. Though claiming the decision was only temporary (2 months at most), the province revoked it a week later, declaring it the COVID-19 quarantine instead. Extensive grapevine cultivation spread while the sands were part of the Banat Military Frontier, until 1873. It was said that "there was no house without a grapevine" at the time. There were also large vineyard plantations, like the Pálfi and Sauerwald at Kajtasovo, Emanuelovac at Dubovac, Wekerle at Vladimirovac, Mramorak Vineyards and the vineyard at Šušara. The red grape was dominant (varieties of "Othello", "Trollinger", "Sazodoš" and "Volovo Oko"), but also cultivated were the white grape ("White Othello", "Kozje Sise") and the rose grape ("Dinka"). As the cultivation of vines on the sandy soil is an arduous work, many quit cultivation in time, leaving vast empty sand areas. Locality of Devojački Bunar is situated in the northwestern corner of the sands. It is a popular excursion place which also includes the only wooden church in Vojvodina, dedicated to Margaret the Virgin, in Serbian known as the Fiery Maria, and an old "dolap". "Dolap" is a type of old water well, powered by animals, mostly horses or oxen. The well at Devojački Bunar extracted water from the depth of . An artistic colony "Deliblatska Peščara" is organized annually. In decades, until 2019, 432 artists participated in workshops, producing thousands of works, out of which 1,288 were given to the town of Pančevo. Established in 1969, the colony is centered at Devojački Bunar. The sands was used as a filming location for numerous international and Serbian movies: "Genghis Khan" (1965), "I Even Met Happy Gypsies" (1967), "It Rains in My Village" (1968), "Who's Singin' Over There?"