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Barbados

Barbados is one of the 193 UN member states, in Caribbean. UN Tourism counted 966,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 69% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.

Barbados’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
International arrivals
966,000in 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
137th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Hologramrarer than 69%
Area
446 km² (172 sq mi)
Population
287,000Natural Earth estimate
Parishs
11in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
1on Globestamp’s list

Does Barbados count as a country?

Yes. Barbados is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.

ListCounts Barbados?
UN member states (193)Yes, a member
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Barbados
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Barbados stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Barbados’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 966,000 international arrivals in 2019, Barbados is rarer than 69% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to Barbados

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Barbados when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Grantley Adams International Airport, BGI), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Places in Barbados you can collect

Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Barbados, from 1 World Heritage Site.

World Heritage Sites 1

Garrison Historic Area (2011). On the bucket list →

Botanical gardens 1

Andromeda Botanic Gardens. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Bridgetown191,152

Airports

Barbados has 1 airport with scheduled flights. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).

11 parishs to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Barbados into 11 parishs (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 11

Christ Church · Saint Andrew · Saint George · Saint James · Saint John · Saint Joseph · Saint Lucy · Saint Michael · Saint Peter · Saint Philip · Saint Thomas

Questions people ask

Is Barbados a country?

Yes. Barbados is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.

How many tourists visit Barbados a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 966,000 international arrivals in Barbados in 2019, the 137th most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.

How rare is a Barbados stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 69% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Barbados count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Barbados”, one of its 330 destinations.

Places as rare as Barbados

Near Barbados

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