I'm also getting so tired of Europe that I just want to if they go there this season, even new European countries and revisiting long, old ones like Portugal or Greece. Call me crazy if you want. The last time WRP skipped Europe (excluding Family Edition) was season 2... 20 seasons ago!
A season without Europe is like a season without Asia me think. Season 2 skipped Europe because they did FOUR legs in Aus/NZ.
It is an extremely diverse continent (like Asia), culturally AND naturally, everything being so concentrated (which is probably the reason why South America & Africa aren't visited each season)
And I think that a race should have more than just one leg (NZ) in a developed country (without counting French Polynesia, being part of France), while all others are in developping countries (could be a bit repetitive).
Europe is also quite easy to travel from one country to another, and less costly too, the mode of transportation used most of the time in the last couple of seasons being the train and not the plane...