Desert hotel takes shape in northwestern China (1/5)

A hotel under construction in the Shapotou Scenic Area, in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei City, Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 10, 2019. The hotel has 24 guest rooms, including 20 tent huts and four desert-view rooms. Facial recognition is among the technologies being used in the hotel. Glass walls can provide guests with uninterrupted views of the desert landscape from their rooms. (Photo: China News Service/Mao Jianjun)

A hotel under construction in the Shapotou Scenic Area, in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei City, Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 10, 2019. The hotel has 24 guest rooms, including 20 tent huts and four desert-view rooms. Facial recognition is among the technologies being used in the hotel. Glass walls can provide guests with uninterrupted views of the desert landscape from their rooms. (Photo: China News Service/Mao Jianjun)

A hotel under construction in the Shapotou Scenic Area, in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei City, Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 10, 2019. The hotel has 24 guest rooms, including 20 tent huts and four desert-view rooms. Facial recognition is among the technologies being used in the hotel. Glass walls can provide guests with uninterrupted views of the desert landscape from their rooms. (Photo: China News Service/Mao Jianjun)

A hotel under construction in the Shapotou Scenic Area, in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei City, Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 10, 2019. The hotel has 24 guest rooms, including 20 tent huts and four desert-view rooms. Facial recognition is among the technologies being used in the hotel. Glass walls can provide guests with uninterrupted views of the desert landscape from their rooms. (Photo: China News Service/Mao Jianjun)

A hotel under construction in the Shapotou Scenic Area, in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei City, Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 10, 2019. The hotel has 24 guest rooms, including 20 tent huts and four desert-view rooms. Facial recognition is among the technologies being used in the hotel. Glass walls can provide guests with uninterrupted views of the desert landscape from their rooms. (Photo: China News Service/Mao Jianjun)