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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Each winter season in Jyrgalan is never like the other; snowfall levels and conditions change, people that travel from far and wide to rip up the powder bring their unique blend of talent and stories, and the tirelessly hard working staff of Ryce Travel can draw in bright new team faces keen to get out free riding every day.
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Together with the guides of Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia we have visited the InterAlpin Messe in Innsbrück, Austria. The fair is one of the biggest in the ski industry and it was a great opportunity for the guides to meet mayor players in the ski world. Bardhosh Morina, Maksat Aitkulov and Tornike Matsaberidze were invited to visit the fair.
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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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