Kelantan is filled with possible tourist attractions that the state have failed to capitalise on to enrich the Kelantanese, said Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz.

Even the floods which ravage the state every monsoon season can be turned into a tourism opportunity, Nazri said.

"In Kuala Krai for example, the flood is like a festival. Every monsoon, we have a flood festival, and people will come.

"Because now there is volunteerism, where foreigners come to do volunteer work and they pay (to buy tickets and so on)," he said at a dialogue with youth in Kuala Krai last night.

Nazri added that 25 percent of working-age adults in Kelantan were unemployed and could benefit from work in the tourism industry.

Even what some may consider macabre, such as graveyards, could be a tourist attraction, he said.

He cited a graveyard in Kampung Laut, Tumpat which had a lot of history to it, which he asked the local village chief to clear up and put up a sign for.

"Then the mat salleh (white foreigners) will come," he said,

On a lighter note, Nazri said even everyday activities in rural areas such as beruk (monkeys) picking coconuts can be tourist attractions.

"In Bachok, I so happened to bring a friend to see how monkeys pick coconuts.

"This monkey can drink with a straw. The mat salleh was shocked and even asked to take a selfie with the monkey.

"After that he gave money to the monkey's owner. The monkey does all the work, but the owner gets the money," he said to laughter from the audience.

The Umno supreme council member also said the tourism industry raked in about RM82 billion last year, of which RM5 million was goods and services tax (GST) collections.