A remote control system for remotely operating a forklift, comprising: a camera, provided on the forklift; a display unit, displaying images taken by the camera; a forklift coordinates acquisition section, acquiring coordinates of the forklift; an object coordinates acquisition section, acquiring coordinates of a designated object; a judgement section, judging whether or not an obstacle is present between the forklift and the object; and a guidance route display section, configured to display on the display unit a guidance route straightly connecting the forklift and the object if the judgement section judges that the obstacle is not present between the forklift and the object, or display on the display unit a guidance route connecting the forklift and the object in a manner of avoiding the obstacle if the judgement section judges that the obstacle is present between the forklift and the object, wherein the remote control system is characterized in that: the judgement section forms a virtual route straightly connecting the forklift and the object and having a width corresponding to a width of the forklift, and judges that the obstacle is not present between the forklift and the object if an entirety or a portion of the obstacle is not present inside the virtual route, or that the obstacle is present between the forklift and the object if the entirety or a portion of the obstacle is present inside the virtual route, and the guidance route display section displays the guidance route in a manner that that entirety or a portion of the obstacle is not present inside the guidance route. a camera, provided on the forklift; a display unit, displaying images taken by the camera; a forklift coordinates acquisition section, acquiring coordinates of the forklift; an object coordinates acquisition section, acquiring coordinates of a designated object; a judgement section, judging whether or not an obstacle is present between the forklift and the object; and a guidance route display section, configured to display on the display unit a guidance route straightly connecting the forklift and the object if the judgement section judges that the obstacle is not present between the forklift and the object, or display on the display unit a guidance route connecting the forklift and the object in a manner of avoiding the obstacle if the judgement section judges that the obstacle is present between the forklift and the object, wherein the remote control system is characterized in that: the judgement section forms a virtual route straightly connecting the forklift and the object and having a width corresponding to a width of the forklift, and judges that the obstacle is not present between the forklift and the object if an entirety or a portion of the obstacle is not present inside the virtual route, or that the obstacle is present between the forklift and the object if the entirety or a portion of the obstacle is present inside the virtual route, and the guidance route display section displays the guidance route in a manner that that entirety or a portion of the obstacle is not present inside the guidance route. the judgement section forms a virtual route straightly connecting the forklift and the object and having a width corresponding to a width of the forklift, and judges that the obstacle is not present between the forklift and the object if an entirety or a portion of the obstacle is not present inside the virtual route, or that the obstacle is present between the forklift and the object if the entirety or a portion of the obstacle is present inside the virtual route, and that the obstacle is not present between the forklift and the object if an entirety or a portion of the obstacle is not present inside the virtual route, or that the obstacle is present between the forklift and the object if the entirety or a portion of the obstacle is present inside the virtual route, and the guidance route display section displays the guidance route in a manner that that entirety or a portion of the obstacle is not present inside the guidance route.