International Visitors 2004

In 2004, delegations comprised of 774 international dignitaries representing 74 countries made official visits to the California Senate. The countries, ranked by number of visitors, were as follows:

COUNTRY # VISITORS COUNTRY # VISITORS
CHINA 246 SENEGAL 3
MEXICO 48 SYRIA 3
AUSTRALIA 46 ALBANIA 2
AUSTRIA 33 BURKINA FASO 2
DENMARK 31 ESTONIA 2
UKRAINE 30 ETHIOPIA 2
JAPAN 28 FRANCE 2
UNITED KINGDOM 21 GEORGIA 2
AZERBIAJAN 20 ROMANIA 2
BRAZIL 16 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO 2
RUSSIA 16 TANZANIA 2
SPAIN 16 TOGO 2
GERMANY 14 TUNISIA 2
TURKMENISTAN 14 AFGHANISTAN 1
ITALY 12 ARGENTINA 1
KYRGYZSTAN 12 BELGIUM 1
UZBEKISTAN 12 BENIN 1
EQUADOR 11 CHAD 1
ANGOLA 8 CHILI 1
BULGARIA 7 CONGO, REPUBLIC OF 1
CANADA 7 CYPRUS 1
ICELAND 7 CZECH REPUBLIC 1
ALGERIA 6 EGYPT 1
INDONESIA 6 GUINEA 1
MOROCCO 6 INDIA 1
TAJIKISTAN 6 JORDAN 1
ARMENIA 4 LATVIA 1
GREECE 4 MADAGASCAR 1
LEBANON 4 MALAYSIA 1
NETHERLANDS 4 MAURITANIA 1
SOUTH AFRICA 4 MONGOLIA 1
TURKEY 4 MYANMAR 1
CAMEROON 3 NEW ZEALAND 1
COTE D'IVOIRE 3 NIGERIA 1
CROATIA 3 PAKISTAN 1
HUNGARY 3 RWANDA 1
MALI 3 SWEDEN 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
government/political/
legislative process
432 fiscal 34  
protocol/international
relations
213 public safety 17  
education 136 media relations 12 
energy/environment 79  social/health issues 5
international trade  78 immigration 5
agriculture 73 gender 4
budget/finance 53 judiciary 2

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

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