Largest export industry
- WHO
- Unknown
- WHAT
- 555000000000 US dollar(s)
- WHERE
- United States
- WHEN
- 1999
Tourism is widely regarded as the largest export industry in the world, with US$555 billion (£343 billion) flowing into countries through the selling of services to visiting foreign tourists in 1999. The automotive industry (cars and car parts) is the second largest, accounting for US$549 billion (£340 billion) of exports in that year.