On the day when HDN are reporting that Turkey hopes to have 5 million German tourists this year, following improving relations between the two countries, there is encouragement for EU tourism as the Euro hits record levels against the Lra. After some weeks of calm for the lira this seems to be more a sign of the continuing strength of the € (up 17% against $ in the last 12 months) than any great weakening of ₺.which remains steady against £.