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.

Text: 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 was the difference in asia/pacific cruise guests between 2012 and 2016?
Answer: 2162.0
Question: and the value for 2012 again?
Answer: 1474.0
Question: so what was the percentage increase during this time?

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