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Lesotho

Lesotho is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Africa. UN Tourism counted 1.1 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 65% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.

Lesotho’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
International arrivals
1.1 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
130th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Hologramrarer than 65%
Area
30,144 km² (11,639 sq mi)
Population
2.1 millionNatural Earth estimate
Districts
10in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
1on Globestamp’s list

Does Lesotho count as a country?

Yes. Lesotho 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.

ListCounts Lesotho?
UN member states (193)Yes, a member
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Lesotho
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Lesotho stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Lesotho’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.1 million international arrivals in 2019, Lesotho is rarer 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 Lesotho

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 Lesotho 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 (Moshoeshoe I International Airport, MSU), 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.

Places in Lesotho 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 Lesotho, from 1 World Heritage Site.

World Heritage Sites 1

Maloti-Drakensberg Park (2000). On the bucket list →

Ski resorts 1

Afri-Ski. On the bucket list →

Botanical gardens 1

Katse Botanical Gardens. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Maseru361,324
Mafetang57,059

Airports

Lesotho 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).

10 districts to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Lesotho into 10 districts (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 10

Berea · Butha-Buthe · Leribe · Mafeteng · Maseru · Mohale's Hoek · Mokhotlong · Qacha's Nek · Quthing · Thaba-Tseka

Questions people ask

Is Lesotho a country?

Yes. Lesotho 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 Lesotho a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,142,000 international arrivals in Lesotho in 2019, the 130th 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 Lesotho stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 65% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Lesotho count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as Lesotho

Near Lesotho

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