Greece
Greece is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Europe. UN Tourism counted 34 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 92% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Metallic.
- International arrivals
- 34 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 17th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Metallicrarer than 8%
- Area
- 131,219 km² (50,664 sq mi)
- Population
- 10.7 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 14in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 39with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 21on Globestamp’s list
Does Greece count as a country?
Yes. Greece 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.
| List | Counts Greece? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Greece, Ionian Islands (Corfu, etc.), Greek Aegean Islands (Cyclades, Dodecanese, Northern Aegean Islands), Crete |
| European Union | Yes, a member state |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 26 March 2000 |
The Greece stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Greece’s is Metallic: ink with mica in it, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year. With 34 million international arrivals in 2019, Greece is more visited than 92% 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 Greece
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 Greece 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 Greece 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 Greece, from 21 World Heritage Sites to 6 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 21
Acropolis of Athens (1987) · Olympia (1989) · Delos (1990) · Meteora (1988) · Mystras (1989) · Philippi (2016) · Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki (1988) · Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae (1986) · Zagori (2023) · Medieval City of Rhodes (1988) and 11 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Mount Olympus · Pindus National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 2
Parthenon · Meteora. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 6
Nea Kameni · Kolumbo · Palea Kameni · Methana Volcano · Sousaki volcano · Volcano of Milos. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 1
Seli Ski Centre. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 3
Achaia Clauss · Kompoloi · Nemea. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 4
Attica Zoological Park · Aquarium of Rhodes · Cretaquarium · Aquaworld Aquarium. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 2
Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia · Julia and Alexander Ν. Diomedes Botanic Garden. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 3
Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum · museum of Ancient Greek Technology · Eugenides Planetarium. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Athens | 3,242,000 |
| Thessaloniki | 828,000 |
| Piraeus | 466,065 |
| Patra | 163,360 |
| Iraklio | 137,154 |
| Larissa | 128,758 |
| Volos | 110,632 |
| Ioanina | 86,304 |
Airports
Greece has 39 airports with scheduled flights, 11 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).
14 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Greece into 14 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 14
Attica · Central Greece · Centre Macedonia · Crete · East Macedonia and Thrace · Epirus · Ionian Islands · Mount Athos · North Aegean · Peloponnese · South Aegean · Thessalia · West Greece · West Macedonia
Questions people ask
Is Greece a country?
Yes. Greece 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 Greece a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 34,005,000 international arrivals in Greece in 2019, the 17th 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 Greece stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Metallic, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year, rarer than 8% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Greece count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Greece, and counts Ionian Islands (Corfu, etc.), Greek Aegean Islands (Cyclades, Dodecanese, Northern Aegean Islands), Crete as separate destinations. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Greece
Near Greece
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.