Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) footfall figures show numbers increased by 1% compared to a year ago.
Figures suggest that between 2007 and 2011, average weekly footfall dropped from 46, 380 to 38, 400.
Working party chairman, Clive Webb, said parking charges in Weston-super-Mare boosted footfall and "proved quite popular".
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Otherwise foreigners might win the fierce fight for footfall (retail jargon for the number of shoppers).
Transport Minister Edwina Hart said the appointment was vital in helping to increase footfall through the terminal.
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The council measures the number of people visiting the city centre at eight locations using "footfall cameras".
The Conservative-run authority said the plans, called Project Angel, would help to increases the town centre footfall.
Its latest monthly footfall monitor said shopper numbers declined 1.2% in December, compared with a year earlier.
Mr McKenzie said he hoped new initiatives, such as the changes to parking, would increase footfall in town.
Gritting crews have treated the priority network roads overnight, and footpaths with the highest footfall have been salted.
Liverpool Central has the highest footfall on the Merseyrail network and is one of the busiest stations outside London.
The minister said improvements in the form of "public realm work" resulted in improved footfall and boosted retail businesses.
It said the city centre as a whole had an increase in footfall over the March and early April period.
Once you hear the familiar footfall behind you it's a case of head down until the person has sailed past.
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And it said it was working to encourage footfall and smartening up the beleaguered High Street in the town of Sheerness.
By contrast, footfall rose by 1.6% in London, increased 0.4% in the South West, and was up by 0.2% in Scotland.
Motaquote will close offices in Cwmbran, Mountain Ash, Aberdare, Ebbw Vale, Neath, Treorchy and Risca due to a "loss in footfall".
The rise in the number of shoppers is in line with the UK average, although shops in Wales and Northern Ireland recorded declining footfall.
For the south west and north of England, footfall both fell by 4.8%, while in the East Midlands it was 1.2% lower.
It begins when a store closes down, followed by a weakened performance in nearby shops, less footfall and increased chance of further closures.
The Chamber of Commerce said footfall had failed to recover after it went down during a year's worth of construction at the site.
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But also it will result in less footfall for the surrounding traders in the high streets and town centres in which HMV operated.
"These are difficult times anyway and any extra footfall is good for an area, so it will definitely affect Ledbury retailers, " she said.
Snow and low temperatures caused a 3.8% drop in footfall in Scottish shops compared to March last year, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.
It now accounts for 16.8% of the day's footfall, with footfall on Northumberland Street up by 5.5% year-on-year, in contrast to the national downturn.
UK-wide footfall fell for both out-of-town destinations and shopping centres, but the high street experienced the first annual increase for three months, reaching 2.7%.
The total retail footfall in February was down 2.5% in Scotland compared to last year, says a report published by the Scottish Retail Consortium.
Its report also found that overall footfall - the number of people entering shops - was 1% lower in July than a year earlier.
Joe Jordan said business owners had experienced a "noticeable downturn in footfall" in the city centre and were linking it to the traffic disruption.
The growth in sales last month came despite figures released this week which suggested a sharp drop in footfall on the high street in Scotland.
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