In general, these have been developed as resorts and offer all sorts of facilities everything from speedboats and parachutes to deck chairs and sunshades.
Things like sunshades and parachutes may be offered.
And, as for the type of respect we  Machiavelli's advice--that it is better to be feared than loved--will make much less sense in the 21 st century than it did in the 16 th . Goodwill toward America is becoming a national-security asset worth cultivating.