Seychelles
The Seychelles is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism counted 428,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 79% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 428,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 157th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 79%
- Area
- 438 km² (169 sq mi)
- Population
- 98,000Natural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 26in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 2with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 2on Globestamp’s list
Does the Seychelles count as a country?
Yes. The Seychelles 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 the Seychelles? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Seychelles, Zil Elwannyen Sesel (Aldabra, Amirante Islands, Farquhar) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Seychelles stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The Seychelles’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 428,000 international arrivals in 2019, the Seychelles is rarer than 79% 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 the Seychelles
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 the Seychelles 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 the Seychelles 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 the Seychelles, from 2 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 2
Aldabra (1982) · Vallée de Mai (1983). On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Victoria Botanical Gardens. On the bucket list →
Airports
The Seychelles has 2 airports with scheduled flights, 1 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).
26 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the Seychelles into 26 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 26
Anse Boileau · Anse Etoile · Anse Royale · Anse-aux-Pins · Au Cap · Baie Lazare · Baie Sainte Anne · Beau Vallon · Bel Air · Bel Ombre · Cascade · Coralline Seychelles · Glacis · Grand'Anse Praslin · Grand'Anse Praslin · La Digue · La Rivière Anglaise · Les Mamelles · Mont Buxton · Mont Fleuri · Plaisance · Pointe La Rue · Port Glaud · Roche Caiman · Saint Louis · Takamaka
Questions people ask
Is the Seychelles a country?
Yes. The Seychelles 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 the Seychelles a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 428,000 international arrivals in the Seychelles in 2019, the 157th 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 Seychelles stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 79% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does the Seychelles count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Seychelles, and counts Zil Elwannyen Sesel (Aldabra, Amirante Islands, Farquhar) as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as the Seychelles
Near the Seychelles
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.