This paper applies Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) techniques
to the Spanish Autonomous Community of Andalusia (Andalucía) to analyze tourism flows and their impacts
with specific reference to the provision of accommodation and size of local population. Moran's I global
index of spatial autocorrelation and LISA cluster maps are used and a persistent imbalance is found between
the littoral and the inland areas. A positive spatial autocorrelation is found that is compatible with the high degree
of concentration in the littoral area or, regarding the number of permanent residents, the pressure caused by
tourism activity on some municipalities in mountain areas with high environmental and landscape quality.
The dominance of traditional tourism zone in the Western Costa del Sol, West Almería or Bahía de Cádiz is
highlighted but a more equitable territorial distribution of tourism with less pressure and more quality is
found in coastal mature destinations and a special dynamism in the rural inland area is also observed. The implications
for destination planning are discussed.