Read the following texts and table with financial data from an S&P 500 earnings report carefully.Based on the question-answer history (if provided), answer the last question. The answer may require mathematical calculation based on the data provided.


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 ) . <table class='wikitable'><tr><td>1</td><td>year</td><td>weighted-averagesupply ofberthsmarketedglobally ( 1 )</td><td>royal caribbean cruises ltd . total berths ( 2 )</td><td>globalcruiseguests ( 1 )</td><td>north american cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 3 )</td><td>european cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 4 )</td><td>asia/pacific cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 5 )</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>2012</td><td>425000</td><td>98650</td><td>20813</td><td>11641</td><td>6225</td><td>1474</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>2013</td><td>432000</td><td>98750</td><td>21343</td><td>11710</td><td>6430</td><td>2045</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>2014</td><td>448000</td><td>105750</td><td>22039</td><td>12269</td><td>6387</td><td>2382</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>2015</td><td>469000</td><td>112700</td><td>23000</td><td>12004</td><td>6587</td><td>3129</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>2016</td><td>493000</td><td>123270</td><td>24000</td><td>12581</td><td>6542</td><td>3636</td></tr></table> _______________________________________________________________________________ ( 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 .
Question: what were the number of global cruise guests in 2016?

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