Tourism and autism : an initiative study for how travel companies can plan tourism trips for autistic people

Abstract EN

This paper discusses the autistic people's right to have an equal opportunity of travelling and spending joyful tourism vacations that fulfill their needs and satisfy their desires.

The paper suggests that these tourism vacations or trips would be planned and carried out by travel companies to assure that the autistic tourist receives all the needed support and assistance during the trip.

In addition, the paper highlights the importance of providing the travel company with all the information it needs about its autistic customer that would help in planning and inrplementing the trip.

With this regard, the paper proposes a hypothetical model for a questionnaire that includes most of the inquiries a travel company would need.

Furthermore, tihe paper presents some strategic tips that can help the travel company to plan the tourism trip for its autistic customer and implement it successfully