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Guam

Guam is a territory of the United States, in Micronesia. UN Tourism counted 1.7 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 57% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.

Guam’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
International arrivals
1.7 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
114th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Hologramrarer than 57%
Area
566 km² (219 sq mi)
Population
167,000Natural Earth estimate
Airports
1with scheduled flights

Does Guam count as a country?

It depends on the list. Guam is a territory of the United States, 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 “Guam”.

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

Guam belongs to the United States, 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: American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States Minor Outlying Islands and United States Virgin Islands.

The Guam stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Guam’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.7 million international arrivals in 2019, Guam is rarer than 57% 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 Guam

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 Guam 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 (Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, GUM), 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.

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Agana122,411

Airports

Guam 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).

Questions people ask

Is Guam a country?

It depends on the list. Guam is a territory of the United States, 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 “Guam”.

How many tourists visit Guam a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,667,000 international arrivals in Guam in 2019, the 114th 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 Guam stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 57% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Guam count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as Guam

Near Guam

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