the following table details the growth in global weighted average berths and the global , north american , european and asia/pacific cruise guests over the past five years ( in thousands , except berth data ) : weighted- average supply of berths marketed globally ( 1 ) caribbean cruises ltd . total berths ( 2 ) global cruise guests ( 1 ) american cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 3 ) european cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 4 ) asia/pacific cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 5 ) .

weighted-averagesupply ofberthsmarketedglobally ( 1 ): 2012: 425000
2013: 432000
2014: 448000
2015: 469000
2016: 493000
royal caribbean cruises ltd . total berths ( 2 ): 2012: 98650
2013: 98750
2014: 105750
2015: 112700
2016: 123270
globalcruiseguests ( 1 ): 2012: 20813
2013: 21343
2014: 22039
2015: 23000
2016: 24000
north american cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 3 ): 2012: 11641
2013: 11710
2014: 12269
2015: 12004
2016: 12581
european cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 4 ): 2012: 6225
2013: 6430
2014: 6387
2015: 6587
2016: 6542
asia/pacific cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 5 ): 2012: 1474
2013: 2045
2014: 2382
2015: 3129
2016: 3636

_______________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) source : our estimates of the number of global cruise guests and the weighted-average supply of berths marketed globally are based on a combination of data that we obtain from various publicly available cruise industry trade information sources . we use data obtained from seatrade insider , cruise industry news and company press releases to estimate weighted-average supply of berths and clia and g.p . wild to estimate cruise guest information . in addition , our estimates incorporate our own statistical analysis utilizing the same publicly available cruise industry data as a base . ( 2 ) total berths include our berths related to our global brands and partner brands . ( 3 ) our estimates include the united states and canada . ( 4 ) our estimates include european countries relevant to the industry ( e.g. , nordics , germany , france , italy , spain and the united kingdom ) . ( 5 ) our estimates include the southeast asia ( e.g. , singapore , thailand and the philippines ) , east asia ( e.g. , china and japan ) , south asia ( e.g. , india and pakistan ) and oceanian ( e.g. , australia and fiji islands ) regions . north america the majority of industry cruise guests are sourced from north america , which represented approximately 52% ( 52 % ) of global cruise guests in 2016 . the compound annual growth rate in cruise guests sourced from this market was approximately 2% ( 2 % ) from 2012 to 2016 . europe industry cruise guests sourced from europe represented approximately 27% ( 27 % ) of global cruise guests in 2016 . the compound annual growth rate in cruise guests sourced from this market was approximately 1% ( 1 % ) from 2012 to 2016 . asia/pacific industry cruise guests sourced from the asia/pacific region represented approximately 15% ( 15 % ) of global cruise guests in 2016 . the compound annual growth rate in cruise guests sourced from this market was approximately 25% ( 25 % ) from 2012 to 2016 . the asia/pacific region is experiencing the highest growth rate of the major regions , although it will continue to represent a relatively small sector compared to north america . competition we compete with a number of cruise lines . our principal competitors are carnival corporation & plc , which owns , among others , aida cruises , carnival cruise line , costa cruises , cunard line , holland america line , p&o cruises , princess cruises and seabourn ; disney cruise line ; msc cruises ; and norwegian cruise line holdings ltd , which owns norwegian cruise line , oceania cruises and regent seven seas cruises . cruise lines compete with .

Questions:
what were the number of global cruise guests in 2016?
what was the number of european guests?
what is the difference?
what is the difference divided by the total global cruise guests in 2016?
what is that times 100?

Answers:
24000
6542
17458
0.7274
72.74