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Bahrain

Bahrain is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Asia. UN Tourism counted 11.1 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 79% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.

Bahrain’s stamp in Globestamp
Foil · 6 to 15 million visitors a year
International arrivals
11.1 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
42nd of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Foilrarer than 21%
Area
689 km² (266 sq mi)
Population
1.6 millionNatural Earth estimate
Governorates
5in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
3on Globestamp’s list

Does Bahrain count as a country?

Yes. Bahrain 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.

ListCounts Bahrain?
UN member states (193)Yes, a member
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Bahrain
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Bahrain stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Bahrain’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 11.1 million international arrivals in 2019, Bahrain is more visited than 79% 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 Bahrain

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 Bahrain when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Bahrain International Airport, BAH), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Places in Bahrain 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 Bahrain, from 3 World Heritage Sites.

World Heritage Sites 3

Qal’at al Bahrain (2005) · Dilmun Burial Mounds (2019) · Bahrain Pearling Trail (2012). On the bucket list →

Zoos and aquariums 1

Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Manama563,920

Airports

Bahrain has 1 airport with scheduled flights. 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).

5 governorates to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Bahrain into 5 governorates (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 5

Capital · Central · Muharraq · Northern · Southern

Questions people ask

Is Bahrain a country?

Yes. Bahrain 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 Bahrain a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 11,061,000 international arrivals in Bahrain in 2019, the 42nd 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 Bahrain stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 21% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Bahrain count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as Bahrain

Near Bahrain

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