Countries and Territories Visited According to The Travelers' Century Club

Posted: May 2024
The TCC - Travelers' Century Club as of January 2022, recognises, states, lists, and declares that there are 330 Countries and Territories across the planet.
I like the Travelers' Century Club list because it includes principalities, defacto states, autonomous regions, non-recognised states and partially recognised states.

I like the fact that the Travelers' Century Club includes Hong Kong:
I like the fact that the Travelers' Century Club includes Taiwan:
At the Southernmost point of Taiwan in 2014:
I like the fact that the Travelers' Century Club includes Kosovo, Transnistria, Western Sahara, Palestine and Abkhazia all of which I have been to. All of which I have backpacked.

But they don't include Nagorno Karabakh. I first went there in 2010 on an 18 hour day trip from Yerevan. I also backpacked Nagorno Karabakh in 2015, including visiting the Ghost City of Agdam. Nagorno Karabakh ceased to exist in 2024.

Entering the Country that no longer exists: 
I have 2 visas for Nagorno Karabakh but they don't include it yet they include both Alaska and Tasmania who don't require different visas for you to visit, who don't have their own currency nor licence plates.

They count Ceuta and Melilla (2 Spanish Enclaves in Morocco) as one.

​They list the Greek Aegean Islands as being separate from Greece. So what about the island groups in the Philippines?

They list Sumatra separately, Java too but what about Flores?

Russia in Europe, Russia in Asia. Egypt in Africa, Egypt in the Asia. Turkey in Europe, Turkey in Asia. Really?

They also list the British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri & Dhekelia as one. And I have backpacked both of them:

How to become a member of the Travelers Century Club:

According to Travelers' Century Club, who stipulate that one must have at least stepped foot in (so being on a plane parked up on the runway doesn't count), at least 100 countries and territories to become a member, I have been to 138 out of the 330. They encourage the traveller to stay longer but seem to accept those who haven't done anything significant, like drinking a beer or coffee, visiting a museum, or even seeing anything. This is not travel. They turned it in to a nonsensical quest.

And this is why I will never join the elite Travelers' Century Club even if I am eligible.

But here are the 146 Countries and Territories that I have been to according to The Travelers' Century Club List, even if I don't accept their criteria:

  1. Australia
  2. New Zealand
  3. Tasmania
  4. Canada
  5. Mexico​
  6. United States (Contiguous)
  7. Belize
  8. Costa Rica
  9. Dominican Republic
  10. El Salvador
  11. Guatemala
  12. Honduras
  13. Nicaragua
  14. Panama
  15. Albania
  16. Andorra
  17. Austria
  18. Balearic Islands (Mallorca)
  19. Belarus
  20. Belgium
  21. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  22. Bulgaria
  23. Corsica
  24. Crete
  25. Croatia
  26. Cyprus
  27. Cyprus, British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri & Dhekelia
  28. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  29. Czech Republic
  30. Denmark
  31. England
  32. Estonia
  33. Finland
  34. France
  35. Germany
  36. Gibraltar
  37. Greece
  38. Greek Aegean Islands (Cyclades, Dodecanese,
    Northern Aegean Islands)
  39. Hungary
  40. Iceland
  41. Ireland (Eire)
  42. Ireland, Northern
  43. Italy
  44. Kosovo
  45. Latvia
  46. Lithuania
  47. Luxembourg
  48. Moldova
  49. Monaco
  50. Montenegro
  51. Netherlands
  52. North Macedonia
  53. Norway
  54. Poland
  55. Portugal
  56. Romania
  57. Russia
  58. San Marino
  59. Scotland
  60. Serbia
  61. Slovakia
  62. Slovenia
  63. Spain
  64. Sweden
  65. Switzerland
  66. Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)
  67. Turkey in Europe (Istanbul)
  68. Ukraine
  69. Wales
  70. Botswana
  71. Burundi
  72. Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
  73. Egypt in Africa
  74. Ethiopia
  75. Gambia, The
  76. Guinea
  77. Guinea-Bissau
  78. Kenya
  79. Lebanon
  80. Lesotho
  81. Liberia
  82. Liechtenstein
  83. Malawi
  84. Mali
  85. Malta
  86. Mauritania
  87. Morocco
  88. Morocco, Spanish (Ceuta, Melilla)
  89. Mozambique
  90. Namibia
  91. Rwanda
  92. Senegal
  93. Sierra Leone
  94. South Africa
  95. Sudan
  96. Tanzania
  97. Tunisia
  98. Uganda
  99. Western Sahara
  100. Zambia
  101. Zanzibar
  102. Zimbabwe
  103. Abu Dhabi
  104. Dubai
  105. Egypt in Asia (Sinai Peninsula)
  106. Israel
  107. Jordan
  108. Lebanon
  109. Palestine
  110. Ras Al Khaimah
  111. Syria
  112. Madagascar
  113. Abkhazia
  114. Armenia
  115. Azerbaijan
  116. Brunei
  117. Cambodia
  118. China, People’s Republic
  119. Georgia
  120. Hong Kong
  121. India
  122. Indonesia (Java)
  123. Jeju Island (South Korea)
  124. Kazakhstan
  125. Korea, South
  126. Kyrgyzstan
  127. Laos
  128. Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Timor, Indonesia)
  129. Malaysia
  130. Myanmar (Burma)
  131. Nepal
  132. Pakistan
  133. Philippines
  134. Russia in Asia (incl. Siberia)
  135. Sabah (North Borneo)
  136. Sarawak
  137. Sikkim
  138. Singapore
  139. Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
  140. Sumatra (Indonesia)
  141. Taiwan. R.O.C.
  142. Tajikistan
  143. Thailand
  144. Turkey in Asia (Anatolia, Ankara, Izmir)
  145. Uzbekistan
  146. Vietnam
Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE are 3 of the 330 Countries and Territories recognised by the Travelers' Century Club. I spent 5 days in the UAE back in 2016. I landed in Abu Dhabi, took a bus to Dubai, backpacked The Burj Khalifa and the took a bus to Ras Al Khaimah:
Backpacking in Dubai:
Crossing the Equator in Sumatra, which is classed as a Country and Territory in it's own right:
Taking the Ferry to Jeju Island from Busan (I think) and from there we went to Mara Island, the Southernmost point of South Korea:
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