Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Digital Transformation (ICISD 2025)

AI-powered Tourism Recommendation System Leveraging GPT-3.5 for Real-time and Comprehensive Travel Itineraries

Authors
Karthik Elangovan1, *, Banaganipalli Saidavali1, Yadavalli Pavan1
1School of Computing, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr, Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science And Technology, Vel Tech University, Chennai, India
*Corresponding author. Email: drkarthike@veltech.edu.in
Corresponding Author
Karthik Elangovan
Available Online 31 October 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-866-0_19How to use a DOI?
Keywords
AI-powered travel; GPT-3.5 for travel planning; Real-time travel itineraries; Kernel API; Machine learning
Abstract

This research intends to improve the user experience and simplify travel planning by creating an AI-driven Tourism Recommendation System with GPT-3.5 technology, acting as a standalone travel guide. In contrast to conventional NLP-based systems, this solution includes Kernel APIs to provide real-time, customized itineraries depending on the user’s budget, interests, and timeline. The system dynamically recommends accommodations, transportation, activities, and destinations, providing a more interactive and adaptive experience. Existing tourism recommendation systems are typically constrained by static user profiles, pre-calculated itineraries, and limited real-time information, which renders them less sensitive to dynamic conditions such as traffic, weather, and spontaneous user interests. AI powered tourism recommendation system overcomes these constraints by incorporating live data streams to generate adaptive travel plans that can adapt recommendations according to evolving conditions, spontaneous feedback, and even user mood. Utilizing distil BERT based GPT-3.5’s sophisticated natural language processing (NLP) technology, the system comprehensively grasps user intentions and limitations, providing accurate, context-specific recommendations. Contextual understanding increases precision, relevance, and adaptability, leading to greater user satisfaction. In contrast to traditional systems, which provide generic recommendations, our product offers dynamic, tailored plans that adjust in real-time. In addition, it surpasses current best tourism models, such as CV-DCN, CRISP-DM, SMTM-LDA, and the AI-Hybrid Model, with a 91% increase in recommendation accuracy and user satisfaction. Finally, this AI-driven method transforms tourism planning by making travel easier, more personalized, dynamic, and responsive to real-time user requirements.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Digital Transformation (ICISD 2025)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Intelligent Systems
Publication Date
31 October 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-866-0
ISSN
2589-4919
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-866-0_19How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2025 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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