Romania
Romania is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Europe. UN Tourism counted 12.8 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 81% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.
- International arrivals
- 12.8 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 38th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 19%
- Area
- 235,802 km² (91,044 sq mi)
- Population
- 19.4 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Countys
- 42in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 16with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 10on Globestamp’s list
Does Romania count as a country?
Yes. Romania 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 Romania? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Romania |
| European Union | Yes, a member state |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 1 January 2025 |
The Romania stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Romania’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 12.8 million international arrivals in 2019, Romania is more visited than 81% 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 Romania
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 Romania 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 Romania 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 Romania, from 10 World Heritage Sites to 1 volcano.
World Heritage Sites 10
Danube Delta (1991) · Horezu monastery (1993) · wooden churches of Maramureș (1999) · churches of Moldavia (1993) · Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania (1993) · Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains (1999) · Historic Centre of Sighișoara (1999) · Sculptural Ensemble of Constantin Brâncuși at Târgu Jiu (2024) · Limes Dacicus (2024) · Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (2021). On the bucket list →
National parks 1
Retezat National Park. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 1
Ciomadul. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 3
Poiana Brașov · Rânca · Cheile Grădiștei. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 2
Recaș · Silagiu. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 1
Arsenal Aventura & Aqua Park. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 5
Zoo Băneasa · Timișoara Zoological Garden · Târgu Mureș Zoo · Brașov Zoo and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 9
Bucharest Botanical Garden · Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden · Iași Botanical Garden · Botanical Park, Timișoara and 5 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 3
Dimitrie Leonida Technical Museum · National Museum of Oil · Țării Crișurilor Museum. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Bucharest | 1,942,000 |
| Iași | 325,914 |
| Cluj-Napoca | 316,748 |
| Timișoara | 315,053 |
| Galați | 311,156 |
| Brașov | 311,044 |
| Craiova | 304,142 |
| Constanța | 303,399 |
Airports
Romania has 16 airports with scheduled flights, 12 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).
42 countys to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Romania into 42 countys (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 42
Alba · Arad · Argeș · Bacău · Bihor · Bistrița-Năsăud · Botoșani · Brăila · Brașov · Bucharest · Buzău · Călărași · Caraș-Severin · Cluj · Constanța · Covasna · Dâmbovița · Dolj · Galați · Giurgiu · Gorj · Harghita · Hunedoara · Ialomița · Iași · Ilfov · Maramureș · Mehedinți · Mureș · Neamț · Olt · Prahova · Sălaj · Satu Mare · Sibiu · Suceava · Teleorman · Timiș · Tulcea · Vâlcea · Vaslui · Vrancea
Questions people ask
Is Romania a country?
Yes. Romania 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 Romania a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 12,815,000 international arrivals in Romania in 2019, the 38th 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 Romania stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 19% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Romania count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Romania”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Romania
Near Romania
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.