Slovakia
Slovakia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Europe. UN Tourism counted 15.3 million international arrivals there in 2018, more visited than 84% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Metallic.
- International arrivals
- 15.3 millionin 2018, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 33rd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Metallicrarer than 16%
- Area
- 48,308 km² (18,652 sq mi)
- Population
- 5.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 8in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 4with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 6on Globestamp’s list
Does Slovakia count as a country?
Yes. Slovakia 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 Slovakia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Slovakia |
| European Union | Yes, a member state |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 21 December 2007 |
The Slovakia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Slovakia’s is Metallic: ink with mica in it, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year. With 15.3 million international arrivals in 2018, Slovakia is more visited than 84% 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 Slovakia
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 Slovakia 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 Slovakia 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 Slovakia, from 6 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 6
Vlkolínec (1993) · wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians (2008) · Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (1995) · Levoča, Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments (1993) · Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (2000) · Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity (1993). On the bucket list →
National parks 6
Tatra National Park · Slovak Paradise National Park · Low Tatras National Park · Poloniny National Park · Slovak Karst National Park · Pieniny National Park. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 8
Štrbské Pleso · Tatranská Lomnica · Jasná · Pezinská Baba · Plejsy · Šachtičky and 2 more. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 1
Nitra wine region. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 5
Bratislava Zoo · Košice Zoo · Bojnice Zoo · ZOO Stropkov and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 4
Botanical Garden of the Comenius University · Arboretum Mlynany · botanical garden UPJŠ Košice · Arborétum Borová hora. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 2
Slovak Technical Museum · Observatory of Maximilian Hell, Žiar nad Hronom. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Bratislava | 423,737 |
| Košice | 236,563 |
| Prešov | 94,718 |
| Žilina | 87,625 |
| Banská Bystrica | 82,336 |
| Trnava | 69,785 |
Airports
Slovakia has 4 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).
8 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Slovakia into 8 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 8
Banská Bystrica · Bratislava · Košice · Nitra · Prešov · Trenčín · Trnava · Žilina
Questions people ask
Is Slovakia a country?
Yes. Slovakia 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 Slovakia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 15,299,000 international arrivals in Slovakia in 2018, the 33rd 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 Slovakia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Metallic, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year, rarer than 16% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Slovakia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Slovakia”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Slovakia
Near Slovakia
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.