New Zealand
New Zealand is one of the 193 UN member states, in Australia and New Zealand. UN Tourism counted 3.9 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 60% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 3.9 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 81st of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 40%
- Area
- 268,093 km² (103,511 sq mi)
- Population
- 4.9 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regional Councils
- 23in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 28with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does New Zealand count as a country?
Yes. New Zealand 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 New Zealand? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: New Zealand, Chatham Islands |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
New Zealand also has territories that most travelers count separately: Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.
The New Zealand stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. New Zealand’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 3.9 million international arrivals in 2019, New Zealand is more visited than 60% 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 New Zealand
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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand, from 3 World Heritage Sites to 20 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 3
Tongariro National Park (1990) · New Zealand Subantarctic Islands (1998) · Te Wahipounamu (1990). On the bucket list →
National parks 12
Tongariro National Park · Fiordland National Park · Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park · Abel Tasman National Park · Westland Tai Poutini National Park · Egmont National Park · Kahurangi National Park · Nelson Lakes National Park and 4 more. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 2
Aoraki / Mount Cook · Milford Sound / Piopiotahi. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 20
Mount Ruapehu · Taranaki Maunga · Whakaari / White Island · Mount Tongariro · Rangitoto Island · Mount Ngauruhoe and 14 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 18
Queenstown · The Remarkables · Coronet Peak · Cardrona Alpine Resort · Mount Potts · Manganui and 12 more. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 10
Hastings · Blenheim · Cromwell · Martinborough · Cloudy Bay Vineyards · Mission Estate Winery and 4 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 1
Rainbow's End. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 10
Auckland Zoo · Wellington Zoo · Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium · Hamilton Zoo and 6 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 19
Christchurch Botanic Gardens · Pukekura Park · Wellington Botanic Garden · Dunedin Botanic Garden and 15 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 2
Museum of Transport and Technology · Stonehenge Aotearoa. On the bucket list →
Events in New Zealand
Total solar eclipses over New Zealand that the app knows: 22 July 2028. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 1,377,200 |
| Wellington | 393,400 |
| Manukau | 375,600 |
| Christchurch | 363,200 |
| Waitakere | 208,100 |
| North Shore | 205,605 |
| Hamilton | 148,200 |
| Tauranga | 121,500 |
Airports
New Zealand has 28 airports with scheduled flights, 4 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).
23 regional councils to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits New Zealand into 23 regional councils (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 23
Antipodes Islands · Auckland · Auckland Islands · Bay of Plenty · Campbell Islands · Canterbury · Chatham Islands · Gisborne · Hawke's Bay · Kermadec Islands · Manawatū-Whanganui · Marlborough · Nelson · Northland · Otago · Snares Islands · Southland · Taranaki · Tasman · Three Kings Islands · Waikato · Wellington · West Coast
Questions people ask
Is New Zealand a country?
Yes. New Zealand 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 New Zealand a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 3,888,000 international arrivals in New Zealand in 2019, the 81st 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 New Zealand stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 40% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does New Zealand count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists New Zealand, and counts Chatham Islands as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as New Zealand
Near New Zealand
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.