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# VISITORSCOUNTRY# VISITORS
CHINA744BOTSWANA2
VIETNAM48BURKINA FASO2
JAPAN40BURMA2
DENMARK30COTE D'IVOIRE2
THAILAND21 INDONESIA
BRAZIL20 KENYA
MEXICO19 MADAGASCAR2
PAKISTAN19 MALI
INDIA17 NIGER
NORWAY17 NIGERIA
RUSSIA15 OMAN
SOUTH AFRICA13 SRI LANKA
ISRAEL12 SWAZILAND
LEBANON12 TANZANIA
SAUDI ARABIA12 TUNISIA
UKRAINE12 VENEZUELA
IRAQ11 ALGERIA
AZERBAIJAN10 ANGOLA
SOUTH KOREA10 BAHRAIN
ARGENTINA9 BURUNDI
GERMANY9

 CENTRAL AFRICA  REPUBLIC

1
MALAYSIA9 CHAD1
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES9 COLOMBIA
CANADA8DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC  OF THE CONGO 1
JORDAN8 DJIBOUTI
PERU8 ECUADOR
CHILE7 ETHIOPIA
MOROCCO7 GABON
AUSTRALIA6 GUATEMALA
BANGLADESH6 GUINEA
EGYPT6 HUNGARY
ITALY6 JAMAICA
PHILIPPINES6 KAZAKHSTAN
UNITED KINGDOM6 KOSOVO
CAMEROON5 KYRGYZSTAN
FRANCE5 LUXEMBOURG
SPAIN5 MACEDONIA
SUDAN5 MALAWI
AFGHANISTAN4 MAURITANIA
BULGARIA4 NEPAL
CAMBODIA4 NICARAGUA
EUROPEAN UNION4 ROMANIA
GHANA4 RWANDA
LAOS4 SENEGAL
PUERTO RICO4 SERBIA
YEMEN4 SLOVAK REPUBLIC
KUWAIT3 SOMALIA
MONGOLIA3 SURINAME
NAMIBIA3 SWEDEN
PARAGUAY3 TIMOR-LESTE
POLAND3 UGANDA
PORTUGAL3 URUGUAY 
SINGAPORE3  
TAJIKISTAN3  
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES3  

The delegations studied a wide range of subjects, which are ranked below according to the number of visitors who studied them:
 
SUBJECT# VISITORSSUBJECT# VISITORS
Legislative Process and Government

600

Budget/Finance43
International Relations

94

Social20
Energy

67

International Trade/Economic Development19
Education65Media Relations18
Public Safety

62

Transportation17
Agriculture

52

Health13
Natural Resources/Water49Gender9
Environment43