International Visitors 2009

In 2009, delegations comprised of 885 international dignitaries representing 84 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY # VISITORS COUNTRY # VISITORS
CHINA 305 ROMANIA 2
DENMARK 56 SWEDEN 2
PAKISTAN 53 ZAMBIA 2
AUSTRAILIA 29 ALBANIA 1
CANADA 27 ALGERIA 1
FRANCE 26 BANGLADESH 1
JAPAN 23 BARBADOS 1
GERMANY 21 CAMEROON 1
NETHERLANDS 22 CYPRUS 1
RUSSIA 22 TIMOR-LESTE 1
MEXICO 20 ERITREA 1
BELGIUM 19 EUROPEAN UNION 1
ITALY 19 GREECE 1
UNITED KINGDOM 17 GUINEA 1
IRAN 12 HAITI 1
ISRAEL 11 IRAQ 1
GEORGIA 11 JAMAICA 1
INDIA 11 KOSOVO 1
AZERBAIJAN 8 LATVIA 1
BRAZIL 8 MALAYSIA 1
CHILE 8 MOZAMBIQUE 1
BULGARIA 7 NAMIBIA 1
EL SALVADOR 7 NEW ZEALAND 1
NIGERIA 7 NORWAY 1
SPAIN 7 PORTUGAL 1
UGANDA 7 QATAR 1
CZECH REPUBPLIC 6 SAMOA 1
POLAND 6 SENEGAL 1
EGYPT 5 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 1
HUNGARY 5 SOUTH AFRICA 1
MOLDOVA 5 SRI LANKA 1
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 4 SWITZERLAND 1
KYRGYZSTAN 4 TANZANIA 1
PANAMA 4 THAILAND 1
SOUTH KOREA 4 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1
COSTA RICA 3 TUNISA 1
MADAGASCAR 3 UKRAINE 1
SAUDI ARABIA 3 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1
INDONESIA 2 URUGUAY 1
JORDAN 2 UZBEKISTAN 1
MOROCCO 2 WEST BANK AND GAZA 1
PERU 2 YEMEN 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

332

Budget/Finance 24
International Relations

244

Health 20
Environment

190

Transportation 13
Energy 72 Education 7
Int'l Trade/Economic Development

59

Media Relations 7
Agriculture

40

Gender 1
Natural Resources/Water 32 Social 1
Public Safety 26    

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