Couchfish Day 162: On the Mekong Delta’s floating markets

As I wrote the other day, the Mekong Delta’s floating markets are at risk of fading, or should I say floating, away. Tourism could provide a lifeline, or should I say lifering, but how to do it right?

Thailand’s Damnoen Saduak floating market is instructive. Set a few hours outside Bangkok, this was the first floating market to appear on the mass tourism…