(仮)パンデミックに関する英語表現集 - 客足、人出: footfall

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客足、人出

英語での表現&単語の場合は品詞

footfall
※英国用法。
※普通の意味ではfootfallは「足音」。そこから転じて英国などでは「来訪者数」「客足」の意味で専門用語化したらしい。

英語例文&出典

The decision to close the Burgh Quay registration office was due to the “high footfall, challenges in maintaining social distancing and to ensure consistency across the system”, the Minister said.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news...
※アイルランド共和国。2020年3月20日、ヴィザ更新の手続きを行うイミグレのオフィスを閉鎖することにした理由として「人が多く集まること」などを挙げている箇所。

The business association said the downward trend in footfall accelerated as the week progressed.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0401/1127812...
※2020年4月1日の記事。3月18日の週から徐々にロックダウンを開始したアイルランドでの人出の減少傾向について。

Footfall was down by 71.2% on Monday March 23 but by Sunday March 29 - following the Taoiseach's announcement of further restrictions - it had sank by 90%.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0401/1127812...

UK footfall suffered a “record decline” in March as a reslt of the mandatory lockdown, the new BRC-ShopperTrak Footfall Monitor has shown. Footfall decreased by 44.7% in March year on year following the closure of non-essential stores by the government.
https://www.drapersonline.com/news/march-footfall-...
※英国のファッション業界メディアの記事本文より。

Footfall at major railway stations across the country has also fallen significantly, data from Network Rail suggests. In the week before the lockdown measures were brought in, footfall at Birmingham New Street station stood at over half a million. But that had fallen by 86% at the start of April to 71,230. It's a similar trend for London and Manchester.
https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-52229828

補足・特記事項など

和英辞典で「客足」や「人出」を引くとcustomersとかcrowdとかが出てくるが、それよりこの表現のほうが使いやすい。米語では "foot traffic" と言うらしい*1

Longman:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/footfall
[uncountable] (British English) (technical) the number of people who visit a shop or shopping area – used in business

Lexico:
https://www.lexico.com/definition/footfall
[mass noun] The number of people entering a shop or shopping area in a given time.
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[count noun] ‘there has been a much higher footfall this year than last’