ʻO ka wahi kaulana o Kapalakiko ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - kahi huakaʻi makemake no nā India - ke hoʻomau nei i kahi kiʻi nui no nā huakaʻi mai India. Ua hoʻonui hou ʻia kēia manaʻo e ka lele pololei ʻana o Air India, kahi i hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka pilina.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Ms. Antonette Echert, ka luna hoʻokele, hoʻomohala huakaʻi honua, San Francisco Travel Association, i kēia mea kākau i ka wā o ka mīkini kūʻai kūʻai ʻo Brand USA, e manaʻo ʻia nā helu hōʻea i 2018 e piʻi i 210,000 mai 196,000 i 2017.
Ua hōʻike ʻo ia ʻo ka pahuhopu no 2020 he 240,000.
ʻIke maikaʻi ʻo ia i ka mākeke India e hana ana i nā malihini maʻamau a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua lōʻihi ka noho ʻana o nā India ma muli o ke kumu nui VFR.
Ua hōʻike ka luna hoʻokele e hāʻawi ʻia ka manaʻo iā Bollywood no ke kiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma Sunshine State. ʻO ka ʻoihana waina e pili ana i ka ʻāina ʻo Napa ke mālama ʻia nei he mau mea maikaʻi.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Kapalakiko i 700 mau lumi i nā mahina i hala iho nei i kāna waihona, me nā kaulahao hou aʻe e hōʻike ana i ka hoihoi. I ka makahiki 2019, e hoʻohui ʻia nā lumi he 1800. No ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻoihana MICE e ulu nei, ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia ke kikowaena hālāwai o ke kūlanakauhale, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i 20 pākēneka hou aku.
He 15 mau ʻelele mai Kaleponi mai i loko o nā ʻelele 64 mai 42 mau hui mākaʻikaʻi US ma ka mīkini kūʻai kūʻai Brand USA i launa pū me nā ʻelele India ma Delhi, Mumbai, a me Bengaluru.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO Christopher Thompson he 1.29 miliona mau malihini kipa mai India a i ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2017 i hoʻolilo iā ia i ka 11th kiʻekiʻe loa o ka ʻāina ma nā helu a helu ʻia i ke ono ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻolimalima malihini. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheema Vohra, ke poʻo o Brand USA ma India, he nui ka mana o India no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi i USA.
Ua hui pū kekahi ʻelele Kaleponi i ka LA Tourism and Convention Board, California Academy of Science, San Diego Zoo, Santa Monica Travel, Sea World Park, a me Universal Studios.
Ma 2017, 333,000 mau huakaʻi i kipa aku i Kaleponi mai India, e hoʻolilo ana iā US $ 823 miliona. I ka makahiki 2022, ʻo 476,000 ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.
