Italy
Italy is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Europe. UN Tourism counted 95.4 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 98% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Ink.
- International arrivals
- 95.4 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 6th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Inkrarer than 3%
- Area
- 300,786 km² (116,134 sq mi)
- Population
- 60.3 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 20in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 41with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 58on Globestamp’s list
Does Italy count as a country?
Yes. Italy 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 Italy? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Italy, Sardinia, Sicily |
| European Union | Yes, a member state |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 26 October 1997 |
The Italy stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Italy’s is Ink: plain rubber-stamp ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more. With 95.4 million international arrivals in 2019, Italy is more visited than 98% 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 Italy
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 Italy 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 Italy 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 Italy, from 58 World Heritage Sites to 16 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 58
Aeolian Islands (2000) · Amalfi Coast (1997) · Castel del Monte (1996) · Santa Maria delle Grazie (1980) · Hadrian's Villa (1999) · Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987) · Villa Romana del Casale (1997) · Val d'Orcia (2004) · Villa d'Este (2001) · Crespi d'Adda (1995) and 48 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 7
Gran Paradiso National Park · Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park · Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park · Pollino National Park · Stelvio National Park · Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park · Sila National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 8
Colosseum · Pompeii · Leaning Tower of Pisa · Pantheon · Milan Cathedral · Florence Cathedral · Trevi Fountain · St Mark's Basilica. On the bucket list →
Wonders of the world 1
Colosseum. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 16
Mount Vesuvius · Mount Etna · Phlegraean Fields · Vulcano · Pantelleria Island · Empedocles and 10 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 33
Courmayeur · Livigno · Sestriere · La Thuile · Breuil-Cervinia · Madonna di Campiglio and 27 more. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 27
Alba · Montepulciano · Montalcino · Barolo · Montferrat · Chianti and 21 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 21
Pombia Safari Park · Gardaland · Mirabilandia · MagicLand · Cavallino Matto · Cinecittà World and 15 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 24
Pombia Safari Park · Aquarium of Genoa · bioparco · Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn and 20 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 142
Padova botanical garden · Pisa Botanic Garden and Museum · Villa Carlotta · Farnese Gardens and 138 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 118
Asiago Astrophysical Observatory · Museo Galileo · Brera Astronomical Observatory · Pisa Botanic Garden and Museum and 114 more. On the bucket list →
Events in Italy
Globestamp’s calendar knows Venice Carnival (Historic centre of Venice): a photo there on the days it runs ticks “Be in a city for its big festival”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Rome | 3,339,000 |
| Milan | 2,945,000 |
| Naples | 2,250,000 |
| Turin | 1,652,000 |
| Florence | 1,500,000 |
| Salerno | 954,265 |
| Palermo | 863,000 |
| Catania | 674,542 |
Airports
Italy has 41 airports with scheduled flights, 25 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).
20 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Italy into 20 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 20
Abruzzo · Apulia · Basilicata · Calabria · Campania · Emilia-Romagna · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · Lazio · Liguria · Lombardia · Marche · Molise · Piemonte · Sardegna · Sicily · Toscana · Trentino-Alto Adige · Umbria · Valle d'Aosta · Veneto
Questions people ask
Is Italy a country?
Yes. Italy 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 Italy a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 95,399,000 international arrivals in Italy in 2019, the 6th 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 Italy stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more, rarer than 3% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Italy count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Italy, and counts Sardinia, Sicily as separate destinations. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Italy
Near Italy
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.