Is hotel visitor registration the same as hotel check-in?

No, visitor registration is pre-registration and there is no need to check in. Check-in registration is real accommodation registration.

Check-in records are the check-in records (rental contracts) and ID cards issued by hotels, guest houses and temporary rental houses. Visiting record is a registration record written when you enter with valid identification (badge, relatives and friends). Accommodation registration has legal effect, and visiting registration is only a form of recording people's entry and exit, and there is no legal interest.

Accommodation records can enjoy services through money transactions, and visiting records don't need to be traded, just show valid documents and register to enter. Generally speaking, check-in records refer to the records of hotel or hotel accommodation personnel, and visitor records refer to the records of guests' visits.

The introduction of staying at the hotel is as follows:

Those who enter the bathing place after midnight shall register with their identity documents. On the other hand, I also remind you that it is best to show your ID card information when you check in at the hotel. "Individuals who do not implement the real-name registration system will also be fined from 200 yuan to 500 yuan."

According to "People's Republic of China (PRC) Administrative Licensing Law" and "Measures for the Administration of Public Security in Hotel Industry", all places that charge by the day or by the hour for hotel industry belong to the business scope of hotel industry, and these industries can only operate after applying for the "Hotel Industry Special Trade License" through the administrative license of public security organs.