Lebanon was referred to as the "Switzerland of the East" in the 1960s.
Because of its financial power and diversity in its heyday , Lebanon was referred to as the `` Switzerland of the East '' during the 1960s , and its capital , Beirut , attracted so many tourists that it was known as `` the Paris of the Middle East '' .	Beirut	Beirut	Paris of the Middle East	Paris of the East (disambiguation)
