Philippines
The Philippines is one of the 193 UN member states, in South-Eastern Asia. UN Tourism counted 8.3 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 74% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.
- International arrivals
- 8.3 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 52nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 26%
- Area
- 294,425 km² (113,678 sq mi)
- Population
- 108 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 17in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 43with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 6on Globestamp’s list
Does the Philippines count as a country?
Yes. The Philippines 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 the Philippines? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Philippines |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Philippines stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The Philippines’s is Foil: a hot-stamped foil block in the ink’s own colour, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year. With 8.3 million international arrivals in 2019, the Philippines is more visited than 74% 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 the Philippines
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 Philippines 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 the Philippines 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 Philippines, from 6 World Heritage Sites to 30 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 6
Historic City of Vigan (1999) · Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (1999) · Tubbataha Reef (1993) · Baroque Churches of the Philippines (1993) · Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (1995) · Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (2014). On the bucket list →
National parks 1
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Chocolate Hills. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 30
Mayon Volcano · Pinatubo · Mount Apo · Taal Volcano · Kanlaon Volcano · Mount Arayat and 24 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 7
Star City, Manila · Anjo World · Enchanted Kingdom · Paskuhan Village · KidZania Manila · Magikland and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 12
Manila Ocean Park · Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden · Avilon Zoo · Calauit Safari Park and 8 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 3
Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden · Baguio Botanical Garden · University of the Philippines Arboretum. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 1
The Mind Museum. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Manila | 11,100,000 |
| Quezon City | 2,761,720 |
| Davao | 1,402,000 |
| Cagayan de Oro | 1,121,561 |
| General Santos | 950,530 |
| Bacolod | 949,354 |
| Cebu | 815,000 |
| Zamboanga | 773,000 |
Airports
The Philippines has 43 airports with scheduled flights, 15 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).
17 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the Philippines into 17 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 17
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) · Bicol (Region V) · Cagayan Valley (Region II) · CALABARZON (Region IV-A) · Central Luzon (Region III) · Central Visayas (Region VII) · Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) · Davao (Region XI) · Dinagat Islands (Region XIII) · Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) · Ilocos (Region I) · MIMAROPA (Region IV-B) · National Capital Region · Northern Mindanao (Region X) · SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII) · Western Visayas (Region VI) · Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)
Questions people ask
Is the Philippines a country?
Yes. The Philippines 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 the Philippines a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 8,261,000 international arrivals in the Philippines in 2019, the 52nd 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 Philippines stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 26% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does the Philippines count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Philippines”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as the Philippines
Near the Philippines
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.