Tunisia
Tunisia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Northern Africa. UN Tourism counted 9.4 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 78% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.
- International arrivals
- 9.4 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 45th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 22%
- Area
- 156,656 km² (60,485 sq mi)
- Population
- 11.7 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Governorates
- 23in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 7with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 10on Globestamp’s list
Does Tunisia count as a country?
Yes. Tunisia 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 Tunisia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Tunisia |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Tunisia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Tunisia’s is Foil: a hot-stamped foil block in the ink’s own colour, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year. With 9.4 million international arrivals in 2019, Tunisia is more visited than 78% 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 Tunisia
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 Tunisia 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 Tunisia 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 Tunisia, from 10 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 10
Kairouan (1988) · Djerba (2023) · Dougga (1997) · Sidi Bou Said (2026) · Roman amphitheatre of El Jem (1979) · Ichkeul National Park (1980) · Medina of Sousse (1988) · Medina of Tunis (1979) · Archaeological site of Carthage (1979) · Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis (1985). On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Ichkeul National Park · Bou-Hedma National Park. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 1
Medinat Alzahra Parc. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 2
Friguia Park · Parc du Belvédère. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 2
Botanical garden of Tunis · Japanese garden of Tunis. On the bucket list →
Events in Tunisia
Total solar eclipses over Tunisia that the app knows: 2 August 2027. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Tunis | 2,412,500 |
| Sfax | 453,050 |
| Sousse | 327,004 |
| Gabès | 219,517 |
| Zarzis | 159,161 |
| Qairouan | 144,522 |
| Bizerte | 139,843 |
| Gafsa | 126,803 |
Airports
Tunisia has 7 airports with scheduled flights, 2 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 governorates to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Tunisia into 23 governorates (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 23
Beja · Ben Arous · Bizerte · Gabès · Gafsa · Jendouba · Kairouan · Kasserine · Kebili · Kef · Mahdia · Manouba · Medenine · Monastir · Nabeul · Sfax · Sidi Bouzid · Siliana · Sousse · Tataouine · Tozeur · Tunis · Zaghouan
Questions people ask
Is Tunisia a country?
Yes. Tunisia 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 Tunisia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 9,429,000 international arrivals in Tunisia in 2019, the 45th 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 Tunisia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 22% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Tunisia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Tunisia”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Tunisia
Near Tunisia
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.