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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man is a British Crown Dependency, in Northern Europe. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Prism, for 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

Isle of Man’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Prismplaced by estimate
Area
572 km² (221 sq mi)
Population
85,000Natural Earth estimate
Airports
1with scheduled flights

Does the Isle of Man count as a country?

It depends on the list. The Isle of Man is a British Crown Dependency, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Isle of Man”.

ListCounts the Isle of Man?
UN member states (193)No
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Isle of Man
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Isle of Man belongs to the United Kingdom, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Guernsey.

The Isle of Man stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The Isle of Man’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for the Isle of Man, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to the Isle of Man

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 the Isle of Man 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 (Isle of Man Airport, IOM), 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 the Isle of Man 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 the Isle of Man.

Zoos and aquariums 1

Curraghs Wildlife Park. On the bucket list →

Airports

The Isle of Man 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).

Questions people ask

Is the Isle of Man a country?

It depends on the list. The Isle of Man is a British Crown Dependency, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Isle of Man”.

How many tourists visit the Isle of Man?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for the Isle of Man. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Prism: 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Isle of Man stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does the Isle of Man count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as the Isle of Man

Near the Isle of Man

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