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Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna is an overseas collectivity of France, in Polynesia. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Mythic, for fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

Wallis and Futuna’s stamp in Globestamp
Mythic · fewer than 50,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Mythicplaced by estimate
Area
140 km² (54 sq mi)
Population
12,000Natural Earth estimate
Regions
3in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
2with scheduled flights

Does Wallis and Futuna count as a country?

It depends on the list. Wallis and Futuna is an overseas collectivity of France, 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 “Wallis & Futuna Islands”.

ListCounts Wallis and Futuna?
UN member states (193)No
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Wallis & Futuna Islands
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

Wallis and Futuna 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 Réunion.

The Wallis and Futuna stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Wallis and Futuna’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Wallis and Futuna, 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 Wallis and Futuna

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 Wallis and Futuna 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.

Airports

Wallis and Futuna 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).

3 regions to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Wallis and Futuna into 3 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 3

Alo · Sigave · Uvea

Questions people ask

Is Wallis and Futuna a country?

It depends on the list. Wallis and Futuna is an overseas collectivity of France, 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 “Wallis & Futuna Islands”.

How many tourists visit Wallis and Futuna?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Wallis and Futuna. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Mythic: fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Wallis and Futuna stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Wallis and Futuna count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Wallis & Futuna Islands”, one of its 330 destinations.

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