The Unesco-listed Wachau valley, in the north-eastern corner of the country, has medieval castles, Benedictine abbeys and endless stone-terraced vineyards, making it one of the most picturesque parts of the heavily trafficked 365km Danube Cycle Path.
The NATO bombing destruction of the Novi Sad bridge disrupted traffic on the Danube, most of which was goods transported upstream to Hungary.
Both countries have seen their exports hurt, partly because of the blocking of river traffic along the Danube by NATO bombs.
There is also a tourist trade based in part on the city's role in passenger boat traffic on the Danube.
It was built with an eight-sided base and cannon ports to help control traffic on the Danube.
Constanta county which includes Constanta, a major port on the Black Sea, had 426 cases; Bucharest, the capital of Romania, had 189 cases; Giurgiu, located on the Danube River where virtually all traffic to Bulgaria from Bucharest passes through, had 119 cases; Bacau, in Moldavia, had 87 cases; and, Galati, also a port on the River Danube, had 74 cases.
Floodwaters rose in Hungary and Germany, and in northern Austria the authorities halted river traffic on parts of the Danube.
Csepel Free Port, downstream from the city centre on Csepel Island, handles international freight cargo on the Danube and is equipped to handle container traffic.
When parts of the Danube were closed in 1999 and 2000, traffic at Trieste rose 25percentt, he said, and it did not fall when the river reopened.
The Danube is used for both internal and international traffic, with Ruse, Svishtov, and Lom the main river ports.
