This undated handout photo shows a tourist climbing the Taishan Mountain with the assistance of an exoskeleton robot developed by Kenqing Technology, a Shenzhen-based robotics company, in Tai’an, east China’s Shandong Province during the Spring Festival in 2025. (Kenqing Technology/Handout via Xinhua)

BEIJING (May 12): As China’s tourism industry further embraces technology, robot-assisted hikes and AI-guided sightseeing tours are among a number of futuristic travel experiences that have become increasingly common across the country.