[3] Although the festival takes place over a period of around two weeks, it is most famous for its final weekend, which is popular with Korea's western population.

[4] Until the 1990s, Daecheon's mud flats, or getbol,[5] made the beach unappealing to tourists — although they are very important for migrating birds and other fauna.

[6] In 1994, Mayor of Daecheon Park Sang-don was inspired by a movie scene showing a couple enjoying a mud bath.

[6] Kim Hak-hyun was elected as mayor on June 1995, and in September 1995 the grand prize in Korea National Business Competition was attributed to the Boryeong mud mask project.

Various health and beauty clinics offer massages, acupuncture and other treatments utilising the medicinal qualities of the mud.