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Armenia

Armenia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Asia. UN Tourism counted 1.9 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 55% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.

Armenia’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
International arrivals
1.9 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
109th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Hologramrarer than 55%
Area
29,623 km² (11,438 sq mi)
Population
3 millionNatural Earth estimate
Provinces
11in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
2with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
3on Globestamp’s list

Does Armenia count as a country?

Yes. Armenia 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.

The Armenia stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Armenia’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.9 million international arrivals in 2019, Armenia is rarer than 55% 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 Armenia

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 Armenia 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 Armenia 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 Armenia, from 3 World Heritage Sites to 5 volcanoes.

World Heritage Sites 3

Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots (2000) · Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (1996) · Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley (2000). On the bucket list →

National parks 1

Dilijan National Park. On the bucket list →

Volcanoes 5

Azhdahak · Mount Ara · Gutanasar · Arteni · Vayots sar. On the bucket list →

Ski resorts 1

Tsaghkadzor ski resort. On the bucket list →

Wine regions 1

Areni-1 winery. On the bucket list →

Theme parks 1

Yerevan Park. On the bucket list →

Zoos and aquariums 1

Yerevan Zoo. On the bucket list →

Botanical gardens 4

Yerevan Botanical Garden · Sevan Botanical Garden · Vanadzor Botanical Garden · Berd Dendropark. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Yerevan1,102,000
Gyumri148,381
Vanadzor101,098

Airports

Armenia 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).

11 provinces to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Armenia into 11 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 11

Aragatsotn · Ararat · Armavir · Gegharkunik · Kotayk · Lori · Shirak · Syunik · Tavush · Vayots Dzor · Yerevan

Questions people ask

Is Armenia a country?

Yes. Armenia 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 Armenia a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,894,000 international arrivals in Armenia in 2019, the 109th 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 Armenia stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 55% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Armenia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Armenia”, one of its 330 destinations.

Places as rare as Armenia

Near Armenia

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