Building a Conversational AI Chatbot for Tourism in Goa

This Omdena Local Chapter Challenge runs for 8 weeks and is a unique experience to try and grow your skills in a collaborative and safe environment with a diverse mix of people from all over the world. 

You will work on solving a local problem, initiated by Omdena Goa, India Chapter.

The problem

The current tourism infrastructure in Goa lacks an efficient and effective way to provide visitors with personalized information and assistance. Traditional methods such as brochures, maps, and physical assistance are limited in their scope and availability. While online methods are abundant and scattered with bias across the internet. Furthermore, with the increasing number of tourists every year, the existing infrastructure may not be able to cater to everyone’s needs.

The goals

• Identify the most common questions and requests from tourists visiting Goa.
• Develop a conversational AI chatbot that can understand natural language queries and provide accurate and relevant responses.
• Integrate the chatbot with existing tourism databases, APIs, and websites to retrieve and present information about hotels, restaurants, transportation, activities, and other tourist services.
• Train the chatbot on historical data and user feedback to improve its accuracy and responsiveness over time.
• Test the chatbot with real users and collect feedback to refine its performance and address any issues or limitations.

The deliverables from this challenge include:

• A functional chatbot with a natural language interface and a knowledge base of tourism-related information about Goa.
• Integration with relevant databases, APIs, and websites.
• An evaluation of the chatbot’s accuracy, effectiveness, and user satisfaction based on user feedback and metrics.
• A deployment plan for the chatbot on popular messaging platforms and websites

Why join? The uniqueness of Omdena Local Chapter Challenges

Omdena Local Chapter Challenges are not a competition or hackathon but a real-world project that will grow your experience to a new level.

A unique learning experience with the potential to make an impact through the outcome of the project. You will go through an entire data science project lifecycle. This covers problem scoping, data collection, and preparation, as well as modeling for deployment.

And the best part is that you will join the global and collaborative community of Omdena with tons of benefits to accelerate your career.

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