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The purpose of this study was to provide exercise program according to the relevant characteristics in order to provide practical information for intervention programs to prevent and manage musculoskeletal symptoms of workers who are employed in a hotel. Method: A self-administered questionnaire was used in order to identify any musculos- keletal symptoms among 280 employees who works at the hotel. Each experiment and control groups, consisting of 16 employees respectively, was assembled. The 10-minute exercise program was conducted twice a day for 6 weeks between 23 October and 3 December 2006. Results: The subjective symptom of subjects before and after implementing the exercise program for the period of 6 weeks was decreased in most body parts. In the control group the subjective symptom of subjects was decreased partly. Conclusion: The exercise program according to the symptom & task characteristics of hotel employees need to be introduced in preventive & proactive manners in order to ease and prevent the musculoskeletal symptom.