A Korean woman who travelled to Brisbane for a working holiday was raped after answering an online advertisement for English lessons, a court has heard.

Her accused attacker, Ashraf Kamal Makary, faced the first day of a trial in the Brisbane District Court on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to rape.

A man has plead not guilty to the rape of a Korean tourist. Credit:Louie Douvis

It's alleged the woman answered Makary's Gumtree advertisement for a language exchange soon after she arrived in Australia in April 2012.

In his opening statement to the jury, Crown prosecutor David Finch said after arranging to meet, Makary picked her up in his car.