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MICRONESIA and British systems, has given strong support for tourism development and is seeking other economic bases. Majuro Atoll is the most developed atoll with a population of nearly 30,000. It is the perfect home base while visiting the outer islands. The Marshall's climate is tropical with the average temperature 27˚C and there is less than a 12–degree daily variation with high temperatures cooled by trade winds and frequent rainfalls. Primary leisure activities include worldclass scuba diving on wrecks, walls and reefs, snorkelling, sports fishing, and WWII relic sightseeing. There are several intact land-based relics in the Marshall Islands. These include air raid shelters, barracks, hospitals, storage tanks, power plants, tanks, trucks, trains, towers, anti-aircraft guns, coastal defense guns, multi-purpose guns, pillboxes, walls, trenches, air control centers, various bombers and fighters, runways, hangars and much more. Over the last 2,000 or so years, Marshallese have developed, refined and perfected a number of unique skills and technologies, all of which illustrated their keen adaptation to the atoll and oceanic environment. the pivoting midship mast. Visitors also enjoy shopping for local handicrafts with an array of beautiful baskets, jewellery and decorations. The islanders are known for their weaving using pandanus leaves, coconut fronds and shells. Marshallese canoes, or wa, which range from small rowing canoes to massive high speed voyaging canoes have amazed Westerners from Otto Von Kotzebue, who visited the Marshalls in the early 1800s, to modern day world-class sailing enthusiasts. Throughout the Marshall Islands there are many choices for hotel or bed and breakfast accommodations. On Majuro you will discover a range of hotels with a variety of services and rooms. There are also many exciting opportunities to experience the outer islands and distant atolls and to meet the people of the Marshall Islands. Mashallese canoes are recognised and revered throughout the Pacific for their advanced technical refinements, including the asymmetric hull, the lee platform, and Air Marshall Islands (AMI), the national airline, provides transportation between the atolls and islands of the Marshall Islands.