Mauritius
Mauritius is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism counted 1.4 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 61% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 1.4 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 121st of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 61%
- Area
- 2,020 km² (780 sq mi)
- Population
- 1.3 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Districts
- 15in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 2with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 2on Globestamp’s list
Does Mauritius count as a country?
Yes. Mauritius 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 Mauritius? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Mauritius & Dependencies (Agalega, St. Brandon), Rodrigues Island |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Mauritius stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Mauritius’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.4 million international arrivals in 2019, Mauritius is rarer than 61% 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 Mauritius
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 Mauritius 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 Mauritius 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 Mauritius, from 2 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 2
Aapravasi Ghat (2006) · Le Morne Brabant (2008). On the bucket list →
Theme parks 1
Casela World of Adventures. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 2
La Vanille Nature Park · Casela World of Adventures. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 2
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden · Curepipe Botanic Gardens. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Port Louis | 595,491 |
| Curepipe | 299,975 |
Airports
Mauritius has 2 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).
15 districts to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Mauritius into 15 districts (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 15
Agaléga · Beau Bassin-Rose Hill · Curepipe · Flacq · Grand Port · Moka · Pamplemousses · Plaines Wilhems · Port Louis · Quatre Bornes · Rivière du Rempart · Rivière Noire · Rodrigues · Savanne · Vacoas-Phoenix
Questions people ask
Is Mauritius a country?
Yes. Mauritius 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 Mauritius a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,418,000 international arrivals in Mauritius in 2019, the 121st 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 Mauritius stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 61% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Mauritius count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Mauritius & Dependencies (Agalega, St. Brandon), and counts Rodrigues Island as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Mauritius
Near Mauritius
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.