Réunion
Réunion is an overseas department and region of France, part of the EU but outside the Schengen area, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Hologram, for 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year.
- Stamp finish
- Hologramplaced by estimate
- Area
- 2,590 km² (1,000 sq mi)
- Airports
- 2with scheduled flights
Does Réunion count as a country?
It depends on the list. Réunion is an overseas department and region of France, part of the EU but outside the Schengen area, 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 “Reunion”.
| List | Counts Réunion? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | No |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Reunion |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
Réunion belongs to France, 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: French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia and Saint Barthélemy.
The Réunion stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Réunion’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Réunion, 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 Réunion
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 Réunion 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.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| St.-Denis | 190,047 |
Airports
Réunion has 2 airports with scheduled flights, 2 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).
Questions people ask
Is Réunion a country?
It depends on the list. Réunion is an overseas department and region of France, part of the EU but outside the Schengen area, 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 “Reunion”.
How many tourists visit Réunion?
UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Réunion. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Hologram: 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year.
How rare is a Réunion stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Réunion count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Reunion”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Réunion
Near Réunion
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.