International Visitors 2003

In 2003, delegations comprised of 492 international dignitaries representing 60 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY# VISITORSCOUNTRY# VISITORS
CHINA141BURKINA FASO2
JAPAN68DENMARK2
INDIA23IRELAND2
CUBA25NETHERLANDS2
RUSSIA19THAILAND2
SOUTH AFRICA17ARGENTINA1
MEXICO14BELGIUM1
NORWAY14BENIN1
GERMANY11CANADA1
ISRAEL11CHAD1
PHILIPPINES11CYPRUS1
VIETNAM11EL SALVADOR1
UZBEKISTAN10ESTONIA1
AZERBAIJAN7FRANCE1
UKRAINE7GUATEMALA1
BRAZIL6ITALY1
MACEDONIA6KAZAKHSTAN1
TURKMENISTAN6KENYA1
CROATIA5LITHUANIA1
HUNGARY5LUXEMBOURG1
KRYGYZSTAN5MALI1
TAJIKISTAN5MAURITIUS1
IVORY COAST4NEW ZEALAND1
MOLDOVA4NIGER1
SERBIA AND
MONTENEGRO
4PORTUGAL1
UNITED KINGDOM4ROMANIA1
BULGARIA3RWANDA1
CHILE3SCOTLAND1
SPAIN3SOUTH KOREA1
BOLIVIA2SWITZERLAND1

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
relations
172education29
government/political/
legislative process
120energy/environment16
international trade 69 public safety5
biotechnology41social/health issues4
agriculture39fiscal1
budget/finance29gender1

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