Israel
Israel is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Asia. UN Tourism counted 4.9 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 65% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 4.9 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 71st of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 35%
- Area
- 22,120 km² (8,540 sq mi)
- Population
- 9.1 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Districts
- 6in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 3with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 9on Globestamp’s list
Does Israel count as a country?
Yes. Israel 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 Israel? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Israel |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
Part of the map here is disputed (Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, West Bank). Globestamp takes no side: when a photo was taken in a disputed place, you decide which country it counts for.
The Israel stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Israel’s is Colour-shift: one colour straight on, another at an angle, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year. With 4.9 million international arrivals in 2019, Israel is more visited than 65% 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 Israel
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 Israel 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 Israel 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 Israel, from 9 World Heritage Sites to 2 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 9
Acre (2001) · Masada (2001) · White City (2003) · Beit She'arim National Park (2015) · Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev (2005) · Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve (2012) · Beit Guvrin National Park (2014) · Bahá'í World Centre buildings (2008) · Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (2005). On the bucket list →
National parks 6
Tel Hazor · Ein Gedi · Gezer · Sepphoris · Shivta · Arsuf. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 2
Masada · Shrine of the Báb. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 2
Horns of Hattin · Har Hozek. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 6
Beit Jimal Monastery · Binyamina Winery · Domaine du Castel · Recanati winery · Teperberg 1870 · Yatir winery. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 3
Coral World Underwater Observatory · Superland · Luna Park, Tel Aviv. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 16
Jerusalem Biblical Zoo · Ramat Gan Safari · Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve · Israel aquarium and 12 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 10
Jerusalem Botanical Gardens · Shemurat Ilanot · Botanical garden, Oranim · Utopia park, Israel and 6 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 3
Bloomfield Science Museum · Man and Environment Museum · Planetarium Williams. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Tel Aviv | 3,112,000 |
| Jerusalem | 1,029,300 |
| Haifa | 1,011,000 |
| Beer Sheva | 206,408 |
| Nazareth | 151,459 |
| Ramla | 63,860 |
Airports
Israel has 3 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).
6 districts to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Israel into 6 districts (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 6
Central · Haifa · Jerusalem · Northern · Southern · Tel Aviv
Questions people ask
Is Israel a country?
Yes. Israel 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 Israel a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 4,905,000 international arrivals in Israel in 2019, the 71st 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 Israel stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 35% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Israel count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Israel”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Israel
Near Israel
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.