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Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is an overseas department and region of France, part of the EU but outside the Schengen area, in Caribbean. 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.

Guadeloupe’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
Stamp finish
Hologramplaced by estimate
Area
1,663 km² (642 sq mi)
Airports
5with scheduled flights

Does Guadeloupe count as a country?

It depends on the list. Guadeloupe 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 “Guadeloupe & Dependencies (Marie Galante)”.

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

Guadeloupe 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, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion and Saint Barthélemy.

The Guadeloupe stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Guadeloupe’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 Guadeloupe, 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 Guadeloupe

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 Guadeloupe 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

CityPeople (urban area)
Pointe-à-Pitre145,511

Airports

Guadeloupe has 5 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).

Questions people ask

Is Guadeloupe a country?

It depends on the list. Guadeloupe 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 “Guadeloupe & Dependencies (Marie Galante)”.

How many tourists visit Guadeloupe?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Guadeloupe. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Hologram: 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year.

How rare is a Guadeloupe 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 Guadeloupe count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Guadeloupe & Dependencies (Marie Galante)”, one of its 330 destinations.

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