Thousands of tourists flock to South Korea for the Boryeong mud festival

Boryeong just south of Seoul, South Korea is the place where hundreds of people complained of itching on their skin and some had to go the hospital the skin discomfort  they contracted in the pre-events of 'Boryeong Mud Festival'. According to city administration, some 200 participants contracted some kinds of skin inflammations while they were undergoing mud baths in the pre-Mud Festival events. The mud bath events were held on the embankment of Daecheon Stream in Daecheon-eup, Boryeong City, for two days.

Asian tourists make up with color mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 11, 2009. The 12th annual mud festival features mud wrestling, mud sliding and a mud king contest. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

The events were hosted by Boryeong City, the official host of the 'Boryong Mud Festival'.

The participants including many foreigners reportedly enjoyed mud bath, and mud slides and other mud-related facilities.

They are still being treated with various symptoms coming from dermatitis.

In one case some 50 students of a grade school are complaining of symptoms of dermatitis including itching.

The Boryeong Mud Festival has become an international event with visitors coming from all around the world to experience the many fun events. 

Participants enjoy the huge mud slide, compete in the mud wrestling contest and enjoy many other activities like escaping mud prison as well the ultimate, a mud bath.

Tourists play with mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 11, 2009. The 12th annual mud festival features mud wrestling, mud sliding and a mud king contest. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

Michael Fearron from Pennsylvania makes up with mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 11, 2009. The 12th annual mud festival features mud wrestling, mud sliding and a mud king contest. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)