Floating Market

As a business transaction venue, market is usually established upon the flat ground, but in Barito river, south Kalimantan, people do business deal above the boats. Local people in south Kalimantan called the venue as floating market. The existence of floating market has become an attractive tourism magnet in south Kalimantan for travelers.

Here it is, situation in the floating market in the morning. A great number of small boats which called Klothok, are designed as transaction venue as if in the land market. People who want to shop, or traders who want to offer the goods, get their boat closer to one another, and the transaction begins.

A tour guide in south Kalimantan, jack Deom Marbet said that small boat or Klothok, is commonly used for daily economic transaction. No less than one hundred and fifty to two hundred boat units come and go. They load various kinds of goods above the boat like daily necessities, and traditional cakes.

As one of the tourism magnets in south Kalimantan, this floating market is indeed different. The people who are used to transactions in land market, may find that trade is unique on water. The floating market seems to be another arousing adrenaline activity to do.