Floating markets in Thailand

In Thailand, floating markets are well supported locally and mainly serve as tourist attractions.[1] 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

In the past[2] 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 increased the number of
floating markets.
Floating markets became the hubs of the communities in the central plain of Thailand for centuries.
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In the Ayutthaya Period (13501767), due to the existence of several adjoining canals which were
suitable for trading, they helped to gain popularity for this type of market.
Early in the Rattanakosin Period (17821868), this kind of market was still lively with the crowds.
Nonetheless, soon after the region grew and Bangkok began to develop, road and rail networks
were increasingly constructed in place of the canals. This resulted in people choosing to travel by
land instead of by water. Therefore, some of the floating markets were forced to move onto the
ground, some were renovated and some were closed down.

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Physically, the old houses were reused and the pavilion and the venue
increased public use of the space and provided a space for the local to
express ideas and themselves through cultural activities, which, in
turn, helped, strengthened the community.

They had launched a weekend evening floating market,in which

merchants sell food and handicrafts in the boats.
The market was unique from other floating markets in other places
which are morning markets. Moreover, the houses and

Shop houses also run businesses producing and selling traditional food
and desserts as well as handicrafts such as polychrome chinaware's and
handmade products from coconuts.

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Dilli Haat, as a unique example of urban transformation of a

left over space in New Delhi.
Evolved from an open left over space with storm water drain,
garbage dump and a line of some vegetation, Dilli Haat has
emerged as an active and engaging public space with an over
growing demand and high footfalls. Its urban precinct and
spatial configuration further become the defining criteria of
how it works and how people use it

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In 2003, the City Council and the Greater Lyon Urban Community, an
organism of metropolitan scope, called for entries in a competition with
the idea that recovering the left bank would bring about reconciliation
between the city and its river