Hungary
Hungary is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Europe. UN Tourism counted 61.4 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 97% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Ink.
- International arrivals
- 61.4 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 8th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Inkrarer than 4%
- Area
- 92,948 km² (35,887 sq mi)
- Population
- 9.8 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Urban countys
- 43in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 4with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 6on Globestamp’s list
Does Hungary count as a country?
Yes. Hungary 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.
| List | Counts Hungary? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Hungary |
| European Union | Yes, a member state |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 21 December 2007 |
The Hungary stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Hungary’s is Ink: plain rubber-stamp ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more. With 61.4 million international arrivals in 2019, Hungary is more visited than 97% 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 Hungary
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 Hungary 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 Hungary 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 Hungary, from 6 World Heritage Sites to 1 volcano.
World Heritage Sites 6
Hortobágy National Park (1999) · Hollókő (1987) · Pannonhalma Archabbey (1996) · Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (2000) · Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (1987) · Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (2002). On the bucket list →
National parks 6
Hortobágy National Park · Aggtelek National Park · Danube-Drava National Park · Kiskunság National Park · Bükk National Park · Őrség National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Hungarian Parliament Building. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 1
Nagy-Eged Hill. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 1
Normafa. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 5
Tokaj · Tokaj wine region · Törley · Somló · Sabar Winery. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 2
Avalon Park · Mini Magyarország. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 12
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden · Nyíregyháza Zoo · Miskolc Zoo · Pécs Zoo and 8 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 12
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden · Folly arboretum · Vácrátót Botanical Garden · Kámoni arborétum and 8 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 1
Museum of Hungarian Petroleum and Gas Industry. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Budapest | 1,679,000 |
| Miskolc | 247,757 |
| Debrecen | 231,286 |
| Szeged | 187,765 |
| Pécs | 186,262 |
| Nyíregyháza | 176,880 |
| Székesfehérvár | 144,319 |
| Győr | 136,081 |
Airports
Hungary has 4 airports with scheduled flights, 3 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).
43 urban countys to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Hungary into 43 urban countys (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 43
Bács-Kiskun · Baranya · Békés · Békéscsaba · Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén · Budapest · Csongrád-Csanád · Debrecen · Dunaújváros · Eger · Érd · Fejér · Győr · Győr-Moson-Sopron · Hajdú-Bihar · Heves · Hódmezővásárhely · Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok · Kaposvár · Kecskemét · Komárom-Esztergom · Miskolc · Nagykanizsa · Nógrád · Nyíregyháza · Pécs · Pest · Salgótarján · Somogy · Sopron · Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg · Szeged · Székesfehérvár · Szekszárd · Szolnok · Szombathely · Tatabánya · Tolna · Vas · Veszprém · Veszprém · Zala · Zalaegerszeg
Questions people ask
Is Hungary a country?
Yes. Hungary 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 Hungary a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 61,397,000 international arrivals in Hungary in 2019, the 8th 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 Hungary stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more, rarer than 4% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Hungary count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Hungary”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Hungary
Near Hungary
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.