The Association of Companies of Foreign Investors (ASIEX) is urging a much larger investment in golf as a way to attract a higher class of tourism to the Dominican Republic. Alfonso Paniagua, a high-ranking executive of Casa de Campo as well as the head of ASIEX, told reporters that there is a huge interest expressed by foreign visitors, among them former US President Bill Clinton, in having more golf courses to play. According to Paniagua, golf has become the largest tourist attraction over the last 20 years. He pointed out the success of Casa de Campo and its four courses as well as the new courses being developed at Cap Cana, Roco Ki and Punta Cana. Speaking at the Listin Diario workshop on globalization, Paniagua said that more airlines would only help tourism as the government improved the local infrastructure and improved public safety. Besides golf, Paniagua also called for bigger and better promotional efforts on the part of the government in order to attract more tourists. Currently, the Dominican Republic is one of the Caribbean nations with the most golf courses. The North Coast has four and there are several more in the planning stages. The center of the island has three and at least two more are being planned. There are more than 20 golf courses in the DR and several others under construction.