Floating Market, Damnoen Saduak, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand

Floating market TH(talātnām) EN(floating market) FR(marché flottant) is a marketplace where goods are sold from boats. The floating markets are well supported locally and mainly serve as tourist attractions. One of their purposes is to allow domestic visitors and international tourists to be able to experience the culture of riverside shopping.
History of Thai floating markets (origins).
In the past the areas adjacent to the rivers were the first to be populated. Thus most communities of Thailand were built at the sides of rivers. The waterways served as means of transportation and the center of economic activity as well. Boats were mainly used for both local and regional trade, bringing goods from those that produced to those that could barter and trade. Such ways of life of the riverside communities, especially in the Chao Phraya River Basin increase number of floating markets.