It’s money protecting our travel industry (7)
I believe the answer is:
tourism
'travel industry' is the definition.
'tourism' can be an answer for 'travel' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'industry' bit.
'it's money protecting our' is the wordplay.
'it's' becomes ''tis' (I've seen this before).
'money' becomes 'm' (abbreviation in economics).
'protecting' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are held or protected).
'tis'+'m'='tism'
'tism' enclosing 'our' is 'TOURISM'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tourism that I've seen before include "Industry involved in attracting and servicing visitors" , "Holiday industry" , "Leisure industry" , "Holiday visits" , "Holiday travel business" .)