Floating Market in South Kalimantan Indonesia

Floating market in south Kalimantan Indonesia is now used as an icon of tourism object by the government of South Kalimantan province. Floating market has existed since the kingdom of Banjar and until now still preserved its existence. The geographical structure of the province of South Kalimantan and the city of Banjarmasin in particular in the form of waters, there are many small rivers and large in its time most of the peoples use the river as a means of activities of daily activities such as transportation, trade, agriculture and other household purposes. As the times progressed and development, gradually the activity using river facilities began to be abandoned but the existence of a floating market to date still exists.
In South Kalimantan province alone there are 3 places that become the floating market tourism object, Kuin Floating Market, Lok Baintan Floating Market and the latest Siring Sungai Martapura Floating Market.
The Kuin Floating Market is over the estuary of the Barito River, located in Kelurahan Kuin Utara Kota Banjarmasin. This market started activity from 05.00 until 07.00 WITA. Traders and buyers use Jukung, a boat designation in Banjar. They traded agricultural products, rivers, wadai (cake called Banjar) and so forth. In the days of the sale and purchase they do with the barter system, but now they use more money as a means of payment and there is still a small part still using the barter system. Lok Baintan Floating Market is located in the village of Sungai Pinang Sungai Tabuk Subdistrict, Banjar District, South Kalimantan. In general, Lok Baintan Floating Market is not much different from Kuin Floating Market only trade activity start from 06.00 until 09.30 WITA. While the Floating Market Siring Sungai Martapura is a program of the Government of Banjarmasin City in order to preserve the indigenous culture of South Kalimantan region. Floating Market Siring Sungai Martapura Located in the middle of Banjarmasin city on Jl. Captain Piere Tandean, adjacent to Banjarmasin Pandang Tour and Bekantan Tugu Banjarmasin tour.