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Belize

Belize is one of the 193 UN member states, in Central America. UN Tourism counted 1.7 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 57% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.

Belize’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
International arrivals
1.7 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
113th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Hologramrarer than 57%
Area
22,374 km² (8,638 sq mi)
Population
390,000Natural Earth estimate
Districts
6in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
12with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
1on Globestamp’s list

Does Belize count as a country?

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

The Belize stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Belize’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.7 million international arrivals in 2019, Belize is rarer than 57% 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 Belize

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 Belize when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Places in Belize 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 Belize, from 1 World Heritage Site.

World Heritage Sites 1

Belize Barrier Reef (1996). On the bucket list →

Zoos and aquariums 1

Belize Zoo. On the bucket list →

Botanical gardens 1

Belize Botanic Gardens. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Belize City63,028

Airports

Belize has 12 airports with scheduled flights, 1 of them large. 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).

6 districts to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Belize into 6 districts (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 6

Belize · Cayo · Corozal · Orange Walk · Stann Creek · Toledo

Questions people ask

Is Belize a country?

Yes. Belize 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 Belize a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,674,000 international arrivals in Belize in 2019, the 113th 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 Belize stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 57% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Belize count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as Belize

Near Belize

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