Tariq Khan

Tariq Khan is a Senior Economist at Tourism Economics with nearly a decade of professional experience in the economics industry. He currently conducts macroeconomic and economic-impact analysis for numerous destinations throughout the US and Canada, as well as oversees the Events Impact Calculator in North America. 

Tariq joined Tourism Economics in 2021 from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where he worked as an Analyst covering the tourism-dependent Caribbean region. Before that, he worked at the Institute of International Finance (IIF) as a Macroeconomic Analyst covering advanced and emerging markets. In his early career, he had brief stints at the World Bank as a Consultant and the Ontario Ministry of Finance. 

Tariq obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s in International Economics and Finance from Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada and Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC, respectively.