The commerce and industry department shall:
A. provide additional training at the local level for persons currently employed in restaurants, hotels, motels, motor vehicle service facilities and other retail establishments oriented toward tourism; B. upgrade, through university-level programs, management capabilities of persons currently operating establishments oriented toward tourism; and C. continue an existing training program for persons working in establishments oriented toward tourism. 1953 Comp., § 73-45-4, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 339, § 4; 1977, ch. 245, § 232.