As temple tourism gradually becomes popular among young people, their willingness to purchase temple cultural and creative products has also greatly increased. In recent years, from the random lucky bag Buddhist beads bracelet with eighteen seeds at the Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, the random coffee "CI BEI" at the Yongfu Temple, the "Tongmu Fish" at the Jintai Temple in Zhuhai, to the random "lucky bag" at the Chaozhou temples, in the temples, the form of obtaining products through "fate" or uncertainty has aroused young people's desire to explore the temples' cultural and creative products, and attracted young people to "check in" in droves.
Based on the results of previous studies, this study uses big data analysis and experimental design to explore whether the blind box-type products of temples can arouse tourists' purchasing intention, as well as the role of curiosity and tourists' religious beliefs. The study found that tourists with higher levels of religious beliefs are more inclined to buy blind box products, while consumers with lower levels of religious beliefs prefer to buy ordinary products. Based on the final research results and combined with the actual situation, this study provides some suggestions and references for the temple tourism-related market.
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