In 2004, NBCUniversal (Universal Studios' parent) sold all interest in PortAventura. In 2002, a water park ( Costa Caribe) and two hotels ( Hotel PortAventura and Hotel El Paso) were constructed, and the resort was further rebranded as 'Universal Mediterranea'. In 1998 the majority of Tussauds Group's shares in the park were sold to Universal and the park was rebranded as 'Universal's Port Aventura', which made it the first Universal Studios Theme Park in Europe. When Port Aventura opened in 1995 in Salou, Tussauds Group owned 40,01% of the park while La Caixa had 33,19%, Anheuser-Busch had 19,9% and FECSA had 6,7%.
There is a train station for PortAventura which has connections to Barcelona and Tarragona. It has Reus Airport within 15 minutes of it and Barcelona Airport within an hour. It is the biggest resort in the south of Europe which attracts around 5 million visitors per year. The resort includes a second theme park, Ferrari Land, since 2017 and also includes PortAventura Caribe Aquatic Park, five hotels, a convention centre and a RV park.
It was built around the PortAventura Park theme park, which attracts around 3.5 million visitors per year, making it the most visited theme park in Spain and the sixth most visited theme park in Europe. PortAventura World is an entertainment resort in Salou and Vila-seca, Tarragona, on the Costa Daurada in Catalonia, Spain. * PortAventura European Destination Resort (2013–2015)