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Fiji

Fiji is one of the 193 UN member states, in Melanesia. UN Tourism counted 969,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 68% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.

Fiji’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
International arrivals
969,000in 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
136th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Hologramrarer than 68%
Area
18,992 km² (7,333 sq mi)
Population
890,000Natural Earth estimate
Divisions
5in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
17with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
1on Globestamp’s list

Does Fiji count as a country?

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

The Fiji stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Fiji’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 969,000 international arrivals in 2019, Fiji is rarer than 68% 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 Fiji

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 Fiji 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 Fiji 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 Fiji, from 1 World Heritage Site to 1 volcano.

World Heritage Sites 1

Levuka Historical Port Town (2013). On the bucket list →

Volcanoes 1

Nabukelevu. On the bucket list →

Zoos and aquariums 1

Kula Eco Park. On the bucket list →

Botanical gardens 1

Thurston Gardens. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Suva175,399
Lautoka55,894

Airports

Fiji has 17 airports with scheduled flights, 2 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).

5 divisions to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Fiji into 5 divisions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 5

Central · Eastern · Northern · Rotuma · Western

Questions people ask

Is Fiji a country?

Yes. Fiji 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 Fiji a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 969,000 international arrivals in Fiji in 2019, the 136th 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 Fiji stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 68% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Fiji count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as Fiji

Near Fiji

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