Build a web-app AI Travel Assistant for Hidden Gems with Python
Level: Real-World Project
In yesterday’s project, we build a travel assistant where the user chatted through a command line interface. Today we take that app a step further and implement a web interface so you can easily publish the app to make it usable by everyone 🎉.
Project Description
Your project today is to build a real-world travel assistant web app using Python, Google’s Gemini model, and the Gradio library to build the web interface.
As in the original project, this isn’t just any travel chatbot — you’ll train it with a special prompt so it avoids cliché destinations and instead recommends hidden gems and out-of-the-beaten-path places.
This is exactly how modern travel startups or bespoke concierge services build specialized AI tools:
They use powerful language models, but shape their personality and expertise with carefully crafted system prompts.
They secure API keys in environment files (like
.env) so nothing sensitive leaks into the code.And they provide a clean, friendly user interface through tools like Gradio, Streamlit, Flask, Django, etc.
When you’re done, you’ll have a working AI travel advisor running right in your browser. Ask it where to travel in Europe that isn’t Rome or Paris, or in Asia without crowds — and see what creative ideas it gives you.
Expected Output
When you run your app and open it in your browser, a typical conversation between the user and the AI might look like this:
As you can see, the AI tries to give advice about travel destinations that are not mainstream and all that happens in a beautiful web interface.
💡 Hint
Not sure how to get started? Click the Show Hint button to learn how to load your Gemini API key with dotenv, set up the Gemini client, and build a function that combines your special system prompt with user input.
You’ll also see how to wrap everything in a Gradio interface so it runs as a slick web app.
🌍 The hint breaks down each part — from environment setup, to model creation, to making your chatbot focus on hidden gems.
𝌣 Solution
🔒 This solution is available to paid subscribers only.
✅ It gives you a full, clean Python script using python-dotenv, google.generativeai, and Gradio, ready to run.
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