(Last update : end of February 2025)
Analysis by major geographic zone
In the hereunder table, the world is divided into major zones (Europe, Asia ...). The first column is related to the countries recognized by the United Nations (a total of 193). For the other 4 columns (TCC, MTP, NomadMania, SISO), each country is split into more and more detailed regions (for instance France is split into 22 regions by Nomadmania) according to rules set each organism (from a total of 329 areas by TCC to a total of 3978 areas by SISO).
| UN Members | TCC List | MTP List | Nomadmania List | SISO List | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Visited | Total | Visited | Total | Visited | Total | Visited | Total | Visited | |
| Europe | 44 44 | 68 67 | 342 270 | 300 244 | 1367 868 | |||||
| Asia | 33 33 | 52 50 | 348 228 | 392 279 | 1089 619 | |||||
| Middle East | 12 12 | 21 21 | 66 50 | (incl. in Asia) | (incl. in Asia) | |||||
| Africa | 50 50 | 55 53 | 213 135 | 227 147 | 848 385 | |||||
| Americas | 22 22 | 27 25 | 260 163 | 251 167 | 433 270 | |||||
| Caribbean | 12 12 | 30 30 | 48 40 | 42 41 | 111 81 | |||||
| Atlantic Ocean | 4 4 | 14 14 | 20 17 | (incl. in others) | (incl. in others) | |||||
| Indian Ocean | 3 3 | 15 10 | 31 19 | (incl. in others) | (incl. in others) | |||||
| Pacific Ocean | 13 13 | 40 29 | 112 50 | 70 46 | 124 69 | |||||
| Antarctica & Arctic | 0 0 | 7 6 | 60 33 | 19 14 | 6 3 | |||||
| Total | 193 193 | 329 305 | 1500 1005 | 1301 938 | 3978 2295 | |||||
(Definition of zones may differ between TCC, MTP, Nomad Mania & SISO)
TCC : Travelers' Century Club
MTP : Most Traveled People (mtp.travel)
NomadMania : nomadmania.com
SISO : Shea's ISO (International Standard Organization), siso.jeffshea.info.
I am a member of the following travelers’ clubs :
- TCC (Travelers' Century Club) : travelerscenturyclub.org
- MTP (Most Traveled People) : mtp.travel
- NomadMania : nomadmania.com.
Furthermore, for the Travelers' Century Club, I am the Area Coordinator in charge of the Francophone Chapter.
Regions, World Heritage Sites & Series :
United Nations Countries :
I have visited all 193 UN Member Countries (UN has 193 Member Countries ; plus 4 Non-member Countries : Palestine, Vatican, Niue & Cook Islands). I have still Niue & Cook Islands to go.
United Nations Extended (UN+) :
NomadMania lists 264 ‘UN+ countries’ : Geographical entities (such as French Polynesia, New Caledonia ..), separatist countries (such as Transnistria, Abkhazia ...), non recognized countries (such as Kosovo ...) are added to the UN list. I have visited 254 among them. I have therefore still 10 to go.
TCC, MTP, NomadMania divisions :
According to TCC, the land area on Earth is divided into 329 parts. I have been to 305 regions (Diamond status) and have 24 (7%) remaining.
According to MTP, the land area on Earth is divided into 1500 parts. I have been to 1005 regions and have 495 (33%) remaining. I currently rank # 48 worldwide on MTP (# 2 of travelers from France).
According to NomadMania, the land area on Earth is divided into 1301 parts. I have been to 938 regions and have 363 (27%) remaining. I rank # 44 worldwide on Nomad Mania (# 2 of travelers from France, # 30 of travelers of my age or under).
Most detailed geographic divisions (CHAD & SISO) :
According to the more detailed geographical breakdown of the SISO (International Standard Organization) list with 3978 regions, I went to 2295 regions among them (# 6 worldwide).
The CHAD list (Country Hybrid Administrative Divisions) includes all the administrative divisions of each country and is therefore the most detailed breakdown of the world with 4142 entities. With 2489 entities reached, I rank # 4 worldwide.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites & detailed series :
UNESCO lists 1223 World Heritage Sites (WHS). Up to now, I have visited 808 WHS. I still miss 415 WHS. I rank # 17 worldwide on NomadMania.
NomadMania has developed quite interesting detailed series of travel objectives such as islands, geographically remote places, museums, castles, botanical gardens, indigenous peoples, treks ... Although it could be sometimes somehow a bit controversial, it is a good indicator of how 'deep' a traveler really travels. According to this indicator, I rank globally # 1 for all series ranking : # 1 for the 'Outdoors' series (national parks, treks, hikes ...), # 1 for the 'Treks' serie, # 2 for the 'Intellectual' series (museums, castles, vestiges of the past, modern architecture buildings ...), # 1 for the festivals serie. As for 'Remote Places' (the 'DARE' list) I rank # 4.
Other statistics
Up to now :
352 travels done all over the world (not counting of course short trips in France or in neighbouring countries close to France, as well as in Northeastern USA when I was a student in Boston and in Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Bali ... when I was working in Jakarta) :
47 treks (including 18 treks in the Himalayas & Karakoram) :
102 volcanoes climbed, almost all by foot and up to summit :
1020 National Parks, Reserves & Protected Areas, as well as 41 deserts visited ;
65 carnivals & 113 other traditional festivals attended :
179 Indigenous Peoples met.