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Palau

Palau is one of the 193 UN member states, in Micronesia. UN Tourism counted 94,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 92% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.

Palau’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
International arrivals
94,000in 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
184th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Prismrarer than 92%
Area
494 km² (191 sq mi)
Population
18,000Natural Earth estimate
Regions
16in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
1on Globestamp’s list

Does Palau count as a country?

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

The Palau stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Palau’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 94,000 international arrivals in 2019, Palau is rarer than 92% 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 Palau

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 Palau 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 (Roman Tmetuchl International Airport, ROR), 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 Palau 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 Palau, from 1 World Heritage Site.

World Heritage Sites 1

Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (2012). On the bucket list →

Airports

Palau 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).

16 regions to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Palau into 16 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 16

Aimeliik · Airai · Angaur · Hatohobei · Kayangel · Koror · Melekeok · Ngaraard · Ngarchelong · Ngardmau · Ngatpang · Ngchesar · Ngeremlengui · Ngiwal · Peleliu · Sonsorol

Questions people ask

Is Palau a country?

Yes. Palau 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 Palau a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 94,000 international arrivals in Palau in 2019, the 184th 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 Palau stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 92% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Palau count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as Palau

Near Palau

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