Tourists are returning to South Africa – but the sector will need to go green to deal with the country's electricity crisis

By Gijsbert Hoogendoorn, Professor in Tourism Geography, University of Johannesburg
Irma Booyens, Senior Lecturer in Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Strathclyde
Kristy Langerman, Associate professor, University of Johannesburg

For the past 16 years South Africans have dreaded rolling power cuts euphemistically dubbed “loadshedding”. These are caused by the ailing state power entity Eskom’s crumbling infrastructure and its over-reliance on ageing and poorly maintained coal-fired power stations. Loadshedding has worsened in 2023, with some areas experiencing power cuts for up…

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