International Visitors 2000

In 2000, delegations comprised of 688 international dignitaries representing 66 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY# VISITORSCOUNTRY# VISITORS
CHINA126AUSTRALIA2
JAPAN82BANGLADESH
MEXICO63CHILE
RUSSIA42CROATIA
GERMANY40FINLAND
NIGERIA38GHANA
SOUTH KOREA25GREECE
ITALY24NETHERLANDS
NORWAY21ROMANIA
SPAIN20SWITZERLAND
FRANCE15ARGENTINA
EGYPT12BELGIUM
SOUTH AFRICA12BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
BRAZIL11BOTSWANA
PORTUGAL11BULGARIA
UZBEKISTAN11CAMBODIA
ALBANIA8CANADA
MICRONESIA8COLOMBIA
UNITED KINGDOM8DENMARK
YUGOSLAVIAINDIA
ARMENIAISRAEL
CAPE VERDE6JORDAN
EL SALVADOR6KENYA
PHILIPPINES6LEBANON
NICARAGUAMACEDONIA
BOLIVIA5MALAYASIA1
GUATEMALA5MALI1
HONDURAS5PERU1
SWEDEN4SINGAPORE1
AUSTRIA3SLOVENIA1
NEW ZEALAND3TURKEY1
POLAND3URUGUAY1
THAILAND3ZIMBABWE1
 

The delegations studied a wide range of subjects, which are ranked below according to the number of visitors who studied them:
 

SUBJECT# VISITORSSUBJECT# VISITORS
protocol/international relations362social/health issues53 
government/legislative process187judiciary18 
budget/finance 84 death penalty
technology63immigration6
international trade62energy/environment6
education61gender1
agriculture53  

Note: As some delegations studied more than one subject, the subject area numbers will not coincide with the number of visitors.