Founded in Kochkor in 2000, CBT is an organization that strives for a form of tourism in which locals have substantial control over the involvement, development and management of tourism and in which the majority of the benefits remain within the community.
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After a magnificent 2.5-hour drive through the barren Alborz Mountains, we arrive in Dizin. Said parks his cab in the huge almost empty parking lot and we check into the only hotel in Dizin. This is the largest ski resort in Iran. It was built about 30 years ago during the time when the pro-Western Shah was still in power. Since then, the Shah has given way to Islamic Republic of Iran and, as a result, the area has fallen into considerable disrepair.
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