2013 International Visitors Summary

In 2013, delegations comprised of 1091 international dignitaries representing 118 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY # VISITORS COUNTRY # VISITORS
CHINA 516 CAMBODIA 2
JAPAN 53 COSTA RICA 2
PAKISTAN 31 CZECH REPUBLIC 2
VIETNAM 25 DENMARK 2
MEXICO 20 ECUADOR
AFGHANISTAN 18 ETHIOPIA
RUSSIA 18 FINLAND 2
UNITED KINGDOM 16 GHANA
AZERBAIJAN 14 GREECE
INDONESIA 14 MALAYSIA
BRAZIL 13 MONGOLIA
IRAQ 12 MONTENEGRO
ISRAEL 12 NETHERLANDS
TURKEY 12 NORWAY
CANADA 11 PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
GABON 11 RWANDA
KYRGYSTAN 11 SINGAPORE 2
SOUTH KOREA 10 SWAZILAND 2
GERMANY 8 TAJIKISTAN 2
POLAND 8 ALBANIA
SPAIN 8 ANDORRA 1
UKRAINE 8 ANGOLA 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 8 ARMENIA
ARGENTINA 7 BAHRAIN 1
FRANCE 7 BENIN
KAZAKHSTAN 7 BHUTAN
KENYA 7 BURKINA FASO
BANGLADESH 6 BURMA (MYANMAR)
BELARUS 6 BURUNDI
HAITI 6 CAMEROON
INDIA 6 COTE D'IVOIRE
ITALY 6 DJIBOUTI
NIGERIA 6 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SOUTH AFRICA 6 GUYANA
ALGERIA 5 KOSOVO
NEPAL 5 LAOS
SRI LANKA 5 LEBANON
AUSTRALIA 4 MACEDONIA
COLOMBIA 4 MADAGASCAR
EGYPT 4 MALAWI
GEORGIA 4 MALI
MOROCCO 4 MAURITIUS
PANAMA 4 MOLDOVA
SAUDI ARABIA 4 NICARAGUA
TUNISIA 4 PARAGUAY
AUSTRIA 3 PERU
CHILE 3 PHILIPPINES
JORDAN 3 PORTUGAL
NEW ZEALAND 3 ROMANIA
OMAN 3 SENEGAL
SERBIA 3 SCOTLAND
SWITZERLAND 3 SLOVENIA 1
TANZANIA 3 ST. LUCIA 1
VENEZUELA 3 SUDAN 1
YEMEN 3 SURINAME 1
ZIMBABWE 3 SWEDEN 1
BOLIVIA 2 THAILAND 1
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA 2 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1
BULGARIA 2 URUGUAY 1

The delegations studied a wide range of subjects, which are ranked below according to the number of visitors who studied them:
 
SUBJECT # VISITORS SUBJECT # VISITORS
Legislative Process and Government 179 International Trade/Economic Development 21
International Relations 158 Transportation 18
Social 58 Gender 10
Agriculture 52 Public Safety 8
Budget/Finance 47 Biotechnology 4
Education 37 Health 4
Environment 28 Natural Resources/Water 1
Energy 27    
Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.

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