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Montserrat

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory, in Caribbean. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Mythic, for fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

Montserrat’s stamp in Globestamp
Mythic · fewer than 50,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Mythicplaced by estimate
Area
100 km² (39 sq mi)
Population
4,649Natural Earth estimate
Parishs
3in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights

Does Montserrat count as a country?

It depends on the list. Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory, 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 “Montserrat”.

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

Montserrat belongs to the United Kingdom, 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: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Guernsey.

The Montserrat stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Montserrat’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Montserrat, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to Montserrat

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 Montserrat 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 (John A. Osborne Airport, MNI), 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.

Airports

Montserrat 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).

3 parishs to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Montserrat into 3 parishs (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 3

Saint Anthony · Saint George · Saint Peter

Questions people ask

Is Montserrat a country?

It depends on the list. Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory, 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 “Montserrat”.

How many tourists visit Montserrat?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Montserrat. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Mythic: fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a Montserrat stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Montserrat count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

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