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The Gambia

The Gambia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Africa. UN Tourism counted 620,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 76% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.

The Gambia’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
International arrivals
620,000in 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
151st of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Hologramrarer than 76%
Area
10,541 km² (4,070 sq mi)
Population
2.3 millionNatural Earth estimate
Divisions
6in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
2on Globestamp’s list

Does the Gambia count as a country?

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

The The Gambia stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The Gambia’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 620,000 international arrivals in 2019, the Gambia is rarer than 76% 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 Gambia

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 Gambia 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 (Banjul International Airport, BJL), 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 the Gambia 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 Gambia, from 2 World Heritage Sites.

World Heritage Sites 2

Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites · Stone Circles of Senegambia (2006). On the bucket list →

Botanical gardens 1

The Botanic Garden. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Brikama195,136

Airports

The Gambia 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).

6 divisions to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the Gambia into 6 divisions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 6

Banjul · Central River · Lower River · North Bank · Upper River · West Coast

Questions people ask

Is the Gambia a country?

Yes. The Gambia 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 Gambia a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 620,000 international arrivals in the Gambia in 2019, the 151st 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 The Gambia stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 76% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does the Gambia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as the Gambia

Near the Gambia

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