Can I use my ID photo to check into the hotel?

You can't use your ID photo to stay in a hotel, because the ID photo is not an ID card and can't prove the validity of your identity. So showing your ID photo is not showing your ID. In order to ensure the normal development of tourism and the safety of passengers' lives and property, it is very necessary to register resident identity cards.

legal ground

Article 1 of the Measures for the Administration of Public Security in Hotel Industry

In order to ensure the normal operation of the hotel industry and the safety of passengers' lives and property, and maintain social order, these measures are formulated.

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All hotels, restaurants, hotels, guest houses, passenger warehouses, chariots and horses shops, bathing places, etc. (hereinafter referred to as hotels) All those who receive tourists, whether they are state-owned, collective, partnership, individual or foreign-invested enterprises, whether they are franchised or run concurrently, whether they are perennial or seasonal, must abide by these measures.

Article 6

Hotels must register when they receive passengers. At the time of registration, the passenger's identity documents shall be checked and truthfully registered according to the prescribed items. To receive accommodation from overseas tourists, an accommodation registration form shall also be submitted to the local public security organ within 24 hours.