Palestine
Palestine is a UN non-member observer state (the State of Palestine), in Western Asia. UN Tourism counted 688,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 75% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 688,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 149th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 75%
- Area
- 6,079 km² (2,347 sq mi)
- Population
- 4.7 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 2in Globestamp’s regions layer
- World Heritage Sites
- 1on Globestamp’s list
Does Palestine count as a country?
It depends on the list. Palestine is a UN non-member observer state (the State of Palestine), 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 “Palestine”.
| List | Counts Palestine? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | No, an observer state |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Palestine |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
Part of the map here is disputed (East Jerusalem, West Bank). Globestamp takes no side: when a photo was taken in a disputed place, you decide which country it counts for.
The Palestine stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Palestine’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 688,000 international arrivals in 2019, Palestine is rarer than 75% 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 Palestine
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 Palestine when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Palestine has no airport with scheduled flights, so most visitors arrive by road, rail or sea. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in Palestine 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 Palestine, from 1 World Heritage Site.
World Heritage Sites 1
Tell Umm el-'Amr (2024). On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Gaza Zoo. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Gaza City | 505,700 |
| Al Khalil | 280,321 |
| Nablus | 215,981 |
2 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Palestine into 2 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 2
Gaza · West Bank
Questions people ask
Is Palestine a country?
It depends on the list. Palestine is a UN non-member observer state (the State of Palestine), 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 “Palestine”.
How many tourists visit Palestine a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 688,000 international arrivals in Palestine in 2019, the 149th 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 Palestine stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 75% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Palestine count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Palestine”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Palestine
Near Palestine
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.