TECHNICAL SHEET

1) GENERIC CALCULATION FORMULA

MTI (ETF/ABS Magellan Travel Index) = f (QT, QL)

• QT (Quantity) = f (UN, ISO MTP, NomadMania, TCC)
• QL (Quality) = f (UNESCO, CULTURAL, SLOW, TENTATIVE, BORDERS, CAPITAL)

Where:

• MTI = 50% QT + 50% QL
• QT = (UN+ISO+MTP + NomadMania + TCC) / 5
  • UN: Percentage of UN countries visited
  • ISO: Percentage of ISO countries/territories visited
  • MTP: Percentage of Most Traveled People regions visited
  • NomadMania: Percentage of NomadMania regions visited
  • TCC: Percentage of TCC - Travelers' Century Club regions visited
• QL = UNESCO*11% + CULTURAL*11% + SLOW*7% + TENTATIVE*7% + BORDERS*7% + CAPITALS*7%
  • UNESCO: percentage of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS) visited
  • CULTURAL: percentage of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity experienced
  • SLOW: Percentage of Nomadmania SLOW Indicator achieved
  • TENTATIVE: Percentage of sites from UNESCO's Tentative List visited
  • CAPITAL: Percentage of country and territory capitals visited
  • BORDERS: Percentage of land or maritime borders crossed

(the criteria were divided into 2 categories, according to the importance attributed by the MTI Council, with each criterion having the same weight within each category)

2) Calculation Method for Each Criterion Value in 2025

I - UN

• https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states
• "Number of United Nations Member States visited / 193"
• The highest value from the traveler's “UN” list on MTP and NomadMania sites

II – ISO

• https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html
• https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search
• For travelers registered in MTP: "Number of ISO countries/territories visited / 259"
• For travelers not registered on MTP but registered on NomadMania:
• Up to 25 UN+ countries/territories visited: 0 regions
• Between the 26 and 29 UN+ countries/territories visited: 1 region
• More than 29 UN+ countries/territories visited: total UN+ countries/territories visited minus 28
• Explanation: UN+ has 29 non-ISO regions including the 4 countries of the UK. To calculate the minimum number of UN+ countries/territories visited (most pessimistic scenario):
  • the traveller starts by visiting the 26 non-ISO regions (corresponding to 0 ISO countries/territories visited),
  • then visits the 4 countries of the United Kingdom (corresponding to 1 ISO country/territory visited)
  • and then visits the remaining UN+ countries/territories (UN countries or autonomous territories common to ISO)

III – Travelers' Century Club

• https://travelerscenturyclub.org/countries-and-territories/
• "Number of TCC regions visited / 330"
• The highest value from the traveler's “TRAVEL CENTURY CLUB” list on MTP and NomadMania sites

IV - NomadMania

• For travelers registered in NomadMania: "number of NomadMania regions visited / 1301"
• For travelers not registered on NomadMania but registered on MTP: "number of MTP regions visited – 199 / 1301"
  • Since MTP includes 199 more regions than NomadMania, “number of regions – 199” constitutes the minimum number of NomadMania regions a traveler in these conditions has visited (in %).

V - MTP

• For travelers registered on MTP: "number of MTP regions visited / 1500"
• For travelers not registered on MTP but registered on NomadMania: "number of NomadMania regions visited / 1500"
  • Since MTP regions include NomadMania regions, this indicates the minimum number of MTP regions a traveler in these conditions has visited (in %).

VI - UNESCO

• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
• "Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS) visited / 1248"
• The highest value from the traveler's “UNESCO” list on MTP and NomadMania sites

VII – Cultural

• https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists
• "Number of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity experienced / 788”
• Value from the NomadMania site's “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”
• Travelers not registered on NomadMania will have “0” in this criterion

VIII – SLOW

• https://nomadmania.com/intro-slow-list/
• "Number of the Index Slow / 588”
• Value from the NomadMania site's Index SLOW
• Travelers not registered on NomadMania will have “0” in this criterion

IX - Tentative List

• https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/
• "Number of UNESCO Tentative List sites visited / 1741"
• Value from the NomadMania site's “Tentative List” series

X - Capitals

• https://nomadmania.com/series_single/1/
• "Number of capitals of countries and territories visited / 211"
• Value from the NomadMania site's “World Capitals” series (includes the 193 UN countries and 18 territories)

XI - Borders

• https://nomadmania.com/series_single/14/
• "Number of land and maritime borders of a country crossed according to NomadMania criteria / 643"
• Value from the NomadMania site's “Borders” series

VIII - Corrections

• Some values deemed unreasonable were corrected for the MTI calculation

3) LIMITATIONS

• The index includes only living travelers who are registered on NomadMania and/or MTP.
• The index relies on information from the MTP and NomadMania websites and uses the values reflected on those sites, which may disadvantage travelers who have not filled in or updated some of the criterion in these clubs.
• The index includes only qualitative criterion listed on the NomadMania and MTP sites, leaving out many other interesting factors that could be used to assess the quality of visits made.
• The WHS and Cultural has a greater weighting than the other qualitative criterion which, despite being justifiable, incorporates a subjective judgment.
• The Capitals and Borders criterion includes territories and borders selected with a small degree of subjectivity, which also goes against one of the principles of the index.
• Although it is based on objective data (number of days the traveler spends in a country), the SLOW Index uses subjective criteria in calculating its value; in addition, it includes 3 independent states that are not members of the UN, leaving out other independent states, based on subjective criteria; in both cases, this goes against one of the principles of the index;
• The values for the various criteria of the index were not collected on the same date, which could lead to distortions.
• For travelers who do not belong to both clubs, projections were made that may diminish the actual value of their index score.