International Visitors 2010

In 2010, delegations comprised of 1341 international dignitaries representing 110 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY # VISITORS COUNTRY # VISITORS
CHINA 744 BOTSWANA 2
VIETNAM 48 BURKINA FASO 2
JAPAN 40 BURMA 2
DENMARK 30 COTE D'IVOIRE 2
THAILAND 21  INDONESIA
BRAZIL 20  KENYA
MEXICO 19  MADAGASCAR 2
PAKISTAN 19  MALI
INDIA 17  NIGER
NORWAY 17  NIGERIA
RUSSIA 15  OMAN
SOUTH AFRICA 13  SRI LANKA
ISRAEL 12  SWAZILAND
LEBANON 12  TANZANIA
SAUDI ARABIA 12  TUNISIA
UKRAINE 12  VENEZUELA
IRAQ 11  ALGERIA
AZERBAIJAN 10  ANGOLA
SOUTH KOREA 10  BAHRAIN
ARGENTINA 9  BURUNDI
GERMANY 9

 CENTRAL AFRICA  REPUBLIC

1
MALAYSIA 9  CHAD 1
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES 9  COLOMBIA
CANADA 8 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC  OF THE CONGO  1
JORDAN 8  DJIBOUTI
PERU 8  ECUADOR
CHILE 7  ETHIOPIA
MOROCCO 7  GABON
AUSTRALIA 6  GUATEMALA
BANGLADESH 6  GUINEA
EGYPT 6  HUNGARY
ITALY 6  JAMAICA
PHILIPPINES 6  KAZAKHSTAN
UNITED KINGDOM 6  KOSOVO
CAMEROON 5  KYRGYZSTAN
FRANCE 5  LUXEMBOURG
SPAIN 5  MACEDONIA
SUDAN 5  MALAWI
AFGHANISTAN 4  MAURITANIA
BULGARIA 4  NEPAL
CAMBODIA 4  NICARAGUA
EUROPEAN UNION 4  ROMANIA
GHANA 4  RWANDA
LAOS 4  SENEGAL
PUERTO RICO 4  SERBIA
YEMEN 4  SLOVAK REPUBLIC
KUWAIT 3  SOMALIA
MONGOLIA 3  SURINAME
NAMIBIA 3  SWEDEN
PARAGUAY 3  TIMOR-LESTE
POLAND 3  UGANDA
PORTUGAL 3  URUGUAY  
SINGAPORE 3    
TAJIKISTAN 3    
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 3    

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

600

Budget/Finance 43
International Relations

94

Social 20
Energy

67

International Trade/Economic Development 19
Education 65 Media Relations 18
Public Safety

62

Transportation 17
Agriculture

52

Health 13
Natural Resources/Water 49 Gender 9
Environment 43    

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